Has anyone ever gotten a triple double double?

[Marchesk]

Seems like there should have been somebody in history.

[DatAsh]

like 30/30? Several players have

or do you mean 20/20/20(double triple double)? Wilt has

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Is that 30 and 30?

[Pointguard]

Seems like there should have been somebody in history.
There has been a 20, 20, 20 game.

[oarabbus]

like 30/30? Several players have

or do you mean 20/20/20(double triple double)? Wilt has

He means the latter, and he knows Wilt has done it

[CavaliersFTW]

Seems like there should have been somebody in history.
If you mean 20/20/20 - called a double triple double - then:

Wilt had a double-triple-double at least TWICE in NBA history, one is official (points, rebounds, assists), the other is unofficial (points, rebounds, blocks).

Bill Russell has an unofficial one in the NCAA... captured on film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnjC0nm2q5U

[rhowen4]

He means the latter, and he knows Wilt has done it
:lol yep

[La Frescobaldi]

Wilt Chamberlain is the only player to have accomplished this; in a February 2, 1968 game vs. Detroit Pistons, Chamberlain tallied 25 points, 22 rebounds, and 21 assists.


That Detroit lineup... Hall of Famers are bold, and a couple real strong players in red:

Dave Bing
George Carter
Len Chappell
Dave DeBusschere
Terry Dischinger 3 time All-Star
44
Terry wasn't an All-Star that I know of but he was a Steve Kerr type shooter but with lots of driving ability

Sonny Dove
Jim Fox fine utility Center Forward

Happy Hairston - won a ring in '72 with Wilt, they are still the only tandem to each get 1000 rebounds each in a season
10 Paul Long
14 Eddie Miles
20 George Patterson
16 Joe Strawder
23 John Tresvant
5 Tom Van Arsdale 3x AllStar, he and his brother were real strong NBA players for years
24 Jimmy Walker Jumpin' Jimmy Walker!! One of my favorite players from those days, smooth, athletic, skilled.

Nobody knew what a Triple Double was in those days, the name hadn't been invented yet.

Chamberlain said he had 12 blocks in that game, and I believe he quoted Harvey Pollack, the Sixers stats man, as his source.

12 blocks was merely a great game for Wilt so it's easily believable. Especially against the bottom feeding Pistons.

One of the memories that will always stand out for me was to do with Dave DeBusschere. Chamberlain came down with the ball on a rebound, and Dave grabbed that ball with both hands. Well Wilt just lifted that ball and Debusschere and just threw a baseball pass down court. DeBusschere let go and dropped back onto the court. We all wondered if Wilt would have thrown Dave down the court too.

DeBusschere was truly a great player - a key player in the terrific Knicks teams of the Championship 70s. He could rebound like nobody's business, lights out shooter and he was real sharp:

On defense, DeBusschere would start putting his forearm in a guy's back. In those days you had the legal handcheck, but actually the refs used their judgement on about everything. So Dave would start doing that long about the second quarter, and he would get the refs used to seeing it. If they didn't instantly blow whistle, why he'd proceed to use that forearm for the rest of the game. By fourth quarter it would just about be a forearm shiver and the poor guy that Dave was defending would just be a punching bag.

But no mistake if the refs whistled him he would go to straight basketball and he was a monster. Stamina? WOW
from old thread

[RoseCity07]

Lmao there are Wilt stans?

Man....betas dating back to the 60s

[AirFederer]

He was a great player and a statpadder, so...

[Bandito]

He was a great player and a statpadder, so...
Lebron unoficial granddaddy.

[moe94]

He means the latter, and he knows Wilt has done it
So transparent :roll:

[Psileas]

from old thread

Man, what depth: 2 top-50 GOATs plus 2 3-time all-stars plus Happy Hairston, Eddie Miles and Jimmy Walker...Typical ISHers would call such a team today "most stacked team ever" and they were just a punching bag back then. :oldlol:

[Nuff Said]

Man Wilt was a basketball god. So much endurance and athleticism and with his height. I wish he would've played in a later era so we could've witnessed his feats.

[riseagainst]

Man Wilt was a basketball god. So much endurance and athleticism and with his height. I wish he would've played in a later era so we could've witnessed his feats.

he's playing right now under the alias Javale McGee

[Marchesk]

Man Wilt was a basketball god. So much endurance and athleticism and with his height. I wish he would've played in a later era so we could've witnessed his feats.

I know, if Love can average 13.4 rebounds today, and Ibaka can average 3.4 blocks, and Aldridge can average 23.2 points (last season), and Noah can average 5.4 assists (last season), just imagine what Wilt could do from the center position today.

[Psileas]

he's playing right now under the alias Javale McGee

and shits on peak LeBron.

[imdaman99]

Rondo has gotten close before, I remember him dropping like 19-18-17 on the Knicks (or something close)

Knicks' PG situations :facepalm

Just looked it up : 18 points, 20 assists, 17 rebounds

[riseagainst]

and shits on peak LeBron.

false.

[La Frescobaldi]

false.

actually, true. poor lbj will never be as good as #13 was. that's just how it is no matter how you want to look at it.

[Eric Cartman]

Knicks' PG situations :facepalm

Still really shitty.

Not as bad as the Mavs though.

[GrapeApe]

he's playing right now under the alias Javale McGee

Slightly OT but what's the deal with the Wilt / Javale McGee thing? I keep hearing it and I've always wondered what the joke was. Is he supposedly Wilt's kid or something?

[nightprowler10]

Slightly OT but what's the deal with the Wilt / Javale McGee thing? I keep hearing it and I've always wondered what the joke was. Is he supposedly Wilt's kid or something?
It's an attempt to troll Wilt fans by saying he would be only as good as McGee in this era. Similar to calling MJ a poor man's Tony Allen.

[ImKobe]

Rondo has gotten close before, I remember him dropping like 19-18-17 on the Knicks (or something close)

Knicks' PG situations :facepalm

Just looked it up : 18 points, 20 assists, 17 rebounds

:bowdown: :bowdown:

[GrapeApe]

It's an attempt to troll Wilt fans by saying he would be only as good as McGee in this era. Similar to calling MJ a poor man's Tony Allen.

Ah, I see. I should've guessed it was something like that. :facepalm

[Cone]

Still really shitty.

Not as bad as the Mavs though.

jameer - harris - felton - mekel

not amazing but its solid.

much better than the knicks and lakers especially.

[HomieWeMajor]

Wilt's own coach in Philly called him out for stapadding. :roll:

[Nuff Said]

I would think wilt would be more comparable to lebron minus the height difference. An athletic stats machine who just can't get it done.

[La Frescobaldi]

I would think wilt would be more comparable to lebron minus the height difference. An athletic stats machine who just can't get it done.
Like Jordan & Jabbar too - couldn't get it done more than half their careers. Or Bryant, Bird, Magic.......... whoever you like.

Teammates are All in basketball.

[BuffaloBill]

I don't know what the **** is going on in this thread

[wally_world]

Didnt Rondo almost do it

[BuffaloBill]

Kevin Love triple double double




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax2NSFSQYIo

[Psileas]

I would think wilt would be more comparable to lebron minus the height difference. An athletic stats machine who just can't get it done.

No Dynasty Celtics today. Wilt with a quality and reasonably healthy roster would get it done plenty of times.

[LAZERUSS]

As CavsFan pointed out, Chamberlain had a 34-33 game in which the game recap credited him with "at least 20 blocks." And of course, Wilt has a KNOWN 22-25-21 game.

Given that Wilt has had games with estimated blocks in the 30's, I suspect that he probably had at least several more 20-20-20 games.

And he narrowly missed a 20-20-20 game in his second to last game of the '68 season, when he scored 22 points, grabbed 21 rebounds, and handed out 19 assists (oh, and he had an estimated 15 blocked shots, as well.)

[LAZERUSS]

How about QUAD-TRIPLE games?

Aside from Wilt, there have been a total of NINE 40-30 games in NBA history.

Wilt? 73.

[LAZERUSS]

No Dynasty Celtics today. Wilt with a quality and reasonably healthy roster would get it done plenty of times.

Agreed. Chamberlain was outgunned in healthy talent in virtually all of his playoff "failures." And he seldom played on teams with deep rosters, either....which really killed his teams when he had injured teammates.

The only two questionable years in the 11 in which he did not win a ring in the post-season, were '66 and '69. And the reality was, his '66 team was still not the best (nor deepest) team in the league...and then they fell completely apart in the EDF's, shooting an unfathomable .352 without Wilt's .509. And his '69 team had no depth, a coach who had no clue, and a Baylor who suddenly couldn't hit the ocean from a lifeboat.

[KingBeasley08]

Wilt was a great player who lacked heart. Cared more about his stats than winning championships.

[LAZERUSS]

Wilt was a great player who lacked heart. Cared more about his stats than winning championships.

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8825003&postcount=26

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9328011&postcount=14

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9328006&postcount=13

[Breezy]

Tamika Catchings. In 1997

25 points, 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals and 10 blocks.

**** off wilt.

[navy]

As CavsFan pointed out, Chamberlain had a 34-33 game in which the game recap credited him with "at least 20 blocks." And of course, Wilt has a KNOWN 22-25-21 game.

Given that Wilt has had games with estimated blocks in the 30's, I suspect that he probably had at least several more 20-20-20 games.

And he narrowly missed a 20-20-20 game in his second to last game of the '68 season, when he scored 22 points, grabbed 21 rebounds, and handed out 19 assists (oh, and he had an estimated 15 blocked shots, as well.)
:biggums:

[LAZERUSS]

:biggums:

Wilt had FOUR games in his career, in which the recaps pointed to a possible game of 30+ blocks, with a high of 32. Russell also had an estimated 30 block game, as well.

Pollack had Wilt with a game in which he lost count after 25.

Chamberlain also had three nationally televised games with 28, 25, and 23 blocked shots, the last of which SI RECORDED every one. So his 23 block game is a KNOWN game...which would certainly beat the "official" record, held by Elmore Smith in '74, of 17.

[Nuff Said]

Agreed. Chamberlain was outgunned in healthy talent in virtually all of his playoff "failures." And he seldom played on teams with deep rosters, either....which really killed his teams when he had injured teammates.

The only two questionable years in the 11 in which he did not win a ring in the post-season, were '66 and '69. And the reality was, his '66 team was still not the best (nor deepest) team in the league...and then they fell completely apart in the EDF's, shooting an unfathomable .352 without Wilt's .509. And his '69 team had no depth, a coach who had no clue, and a Baylor who suddenly couldn't hit the ocean from a lifeboat.
I don't think it was just his teammates. Seems like his production dropped in the playoffs and finals as well. Why would he play the game differently than he did in the RS? Was it fatigue? More intensity in the playoffs?

[LAZERUSS]

I don't think it was just his teammates. Seems like his production dropped in the playoffs and finals as well. Why would he play the game differently than he did in the RS? Was it fatigue? More intensity in the playoffs?

This has been covered many times, but the reality was, MJ's scoring and efficiency took a noticeble hit in his three straight playoff series against the Bad Boys from '88 to '90. Shaq's fell considerably against the Robinson Spurs from '99 thru '03. And Kareem's nose-dived in his five playoff series against Thurmond and Wilt from '71 thru '73.

How come?

And yet Wilt gets ripped when he faced the greatest dynasty, and arguably the greatest defensive teams, as well as the greatest defensive center...in EIGHT playoff series. And keep in mind that he met them in either his first, or second round, in SEVEN of them. On top of that, he battled Thurmond in three more (just ask KAJ about Nate's defense...whom he shot .447 against from '69-70 thru '72-73 in their H2H's.)

In fact, a prime Wilt (before shredding his knee early on in the 69-70 season) battled Russell and Thurmond in 61 of his 98 playoff games, or over 60%! Had a prime MJ faced the equivalent of the '89 Pistons, or Shaq the equal of the '02 Spurs, or Kareem the equal of the '72 combo of Thurmond and Wilt.... in 60% of their playoff games, and their numbers (and likely their rings) would have taken some huge hits.