The Ever Elusive Fifty Point Triple Double

If you wanna know the real deal about the three, well let me tell you we’re triple trouble ya’ll.  We’re gonna bring you up to speed.  -Beastie Boys

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Woo doggie, what a game.  What a game, what a game.  A game of high acclaim.  Say my name!  Say Dwyane Wade.  Say last night, Dwyane Wade became the Heat’s all-time leading scorer.  Say he had fifty big points.  Say he had ten big rebounds.  Say he had only nine puny little assists.  So close.  So close and yet so far away.  He’s not the only one.  Not the lonely one.  Not the eau de cologney one.  Bron Bron was close.  Bron Bron was close and yet so far away.     

Last month, LeBron James fell one rebound shy of becoming the first NBA player in thirty-four years to score 50-or-more points in a triple-double performance.  Prior to James and Wade, the last player to miss a 50-point triple-double by a single assist, rebound, steal or block was the Golden State Warriors’ Rick Barry back in 1974.  Yowza.

There’s a reason nobody has hit the ever elusive fifty point triple double since Kareem hit the ever elusive fifty point triple double in 1975.  Wanna the reason?  Huh?  Do ya?  You know the answer.  Nobody has hit the ever elusive fifty point triple double since Kareem hit the ever elusive fifty point triple double in 1975 because it’s hard.  Real hard.

Public Spectacle:

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

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