Westbrook completes collection

RUSSELL Westbrook completed his collection with a triple-double on Saturday against the Chicago Bulls, the only NBA team that had denied the Oklahoma City star the statistical feat.

Westbrook, the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player, scored 12 points with 13 rebounds and 13 assists in Oklahoma City’s 101-69 rout of the Bulls.

Westbrook is the first player to post a triple-double – notching double digits in three statistical categories – against all 29 opposing teams in the NBA. “[Defence] just set the tone,” he said. “When we’re able to do that, it puts us in position to do good things.”

Friday’s defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves, followed by a worrisome flight from Minneapolis to Chicago that left their charter plane with frightening damage, didn’t appear to affect the Thunder.

In California, the Detroit Pistons handed the Los Angeles Clippers their first defeat of the season, 95-87. The Clippers were the last remaining unbeaten team.

The defeat dropped the Clippers into second place in the Western Conference behind the Memphis Grizzlies, who defeated the Houston Rockets 103-89.

In New Orleans, DeMarcus Cousins notched a triple-double and Anthony Davis returned from injury to score 30 points as the Pelicans downed the Cleveland Cavaliers 123-101.