Rajon Rondo’s triple double Wed night in Boston’s comeback win
over Dallas involved 19 points, 15 rebounds, and 14 assists. His
“max-min” of 14 (14 maximizes the minimum category) means he
actually actually had a “triple 14″.
Four players this NBA season have had at least two triple-doubles.
Notationally below, James (3, 11) means that Lebron James has had
3 triple doubles, with a highest max-min of 11.
TD best
games max-min
C. Paul (5, 10)
L. James (3, 11)
K. Bryant (2, 11)
R. Rondo (2, 14)
Aren’t James, Bryant, and Paul the top three MVP candidates?
Seven other players thus far (14 Feb) have had exactly one TD.
Howard used 10 blocks to get his triple, that being the only one
not concentrated on the three categories: points, assists, and
rebounds. The highest max-min for these seven players was 11.
To summarize, the NBA’s 19 triple doubles thus far include 17
triple 11s or triple 10s. Rondo has the other two, a triple 14
and a triple 13, this season’s two highest max-min triples.
-Carl
ps. Data from ESPN, starting with:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/statistics?stat=nbadd&qual=false&sort=td&league=nba&split=0&season=2009&seasontype=2&avg=none&pos=all
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1 Daniel Adler // Feb 15, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Interesting points, Carl. The max-min (and triple-doubles in general) somewhat favor point guards since assists are the most “rare” of the major stat categories. The next question is how do teams fare when their players have triple doubles vs. “normal” games.
A triple-double is a somewhat arbitrary statistical creation (i.e. it could just as easily be 12-11-9) and it would be interesting to see if it actually helps a team win a game vs. maybe 12-11-9 or some other combination. I read an article earlier this year about the number of “just missed” triple doubles (10+ in two categories, 9 in one) LeBron has had through his career. It would be interesting to see if his team performed any differently in these games.
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