A6 The BulleTin • Tuesday, May 11, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
TUESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Texas Rangers at San Francisco Giants
MLB, New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays
College, Oklahoma State at Oklahoma
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Dodgers
SOCCER
Premier League, Manchester United vs Leicester City
Premier League, Southampton vs Crystal Palace
TENNIS
ATP/WTA, Italian Open, Men’s 1st and 2nd Round
& Women’s 1st Round
ATP/WTA, Rome-ATP/WTA, Early Rounds
ATP/WTA, Rome-ATP/WTA, Early Rounds
Time
TV
12:30 p.m. MLB
4 p.m.
ESPN
5 p.m.
ESPN2
7 p.m.
MLB
7 p.m.
ROOT
9:55 a.m. NBCSN
12:10 p.m. NBCSN
9 a.m.
1 a.m.
3 a.m.
ROOT
TENNIS
TENNI
Time
9 a.m.
noon
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
TV
MLB
MLB
MLB
ROOT
WEDNESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Dodgers
BASKETBALL
NBA, Teams TBA
NBA, Portland Trail Blazers at Utah Jazz
NBA, Teams TBA
GOLF
European PGA Tour,
Betfred British Masters, First Round
HOCKEY
NHL, Minnesota Wild at St. Louis Blues
SOCCER
Italian Serie A Soccer, Sassuolo vs Juventus
Premier League Soccer, Chelsea vs Arsenal
TENNIS
ATP/WTA, Italian Open, Men’s & Women’s 2nd Round
ATP/WTA, Rome-ATP/WTA, Early Rounds
ATP/WTA, Rome-ATP/WTA, Early Rounds
4:30 p.m. ESPN
6 p.m. NBCSNW
7 p.m.
ESPN
ON DECK
BASEBALL
6 p.m.
GOLF
NBCSN
11:30 a.m. ESPN2
12:10 p.m. NBCSN
9 a.m.
1 a.m.
3 a.m.
ROOT
TENNIS
TENNIS
NHL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Boston
22
14
.611
—
new york
18
16
.529
3
Tampa Bay
19
17
.528
3
Toronto
17
16
.515
3½
Baltimore
16
19
.457
5½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
19
13
.594
—
Cleveland
18
14
.563
1
Kansas City
16
17
.485
3½
Minnesota
12
20
.375
7
detroit
10
24
.294
10
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Oakland
21
15
.583
—
houston
18
16
.529
2
seattle
18
17
.514
2½
Texas
18
18
.500
3
los angeles
15
18
.455
4½
Monday’s Games
Baltimore 4, Boston 1
l.a. angels at houston, late
Texas at san Francisco, late
Tuesday’s Games
Texas (lyles 1-2) at san Francisco (Webb 1-3), 12:45 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (alzolay 1-2) at Cleveland (Bieber 3-2),
3:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Means 4-0) at n.y. Mets (stroman 3-3),
4:10 p.m.
Kansas City (singer 1-3) at detroit (Boyd 2-3), 4:10 p.m.
n.y. yankees (Montgomery 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Patiño
1-0), 4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Bassitt 2-2) at Boston (eovaldi 4-2), 4:10 p.m.
Toronto (Ray 1-1) at atlanta (TBd), 4:20 p.m.
l.a. angels (Ohtani 1-0) at houston (McCullers Jr. 2-1),
5:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Maeda 2-2) at Chicago White sox (Cease
2-0), 5:10 p.m.
seattle (Kikuchi 1-2) at l.a. dodgers (Buehler 1-0),
7:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Baltimore at n.y. Mets, 9:10 a.m.
Chicago Cubs at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m.
Kansas City at detroit, 4:10 p.m.
n.y. yankees at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.
Oakland at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
Toronto at atlanta, 4:20 p.m.
l.a. angels at houston, 5:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White sox, 5:10 p.m.
seattle at l.a. dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Pittsburgh
56 37 16 3 77 196 156
x-Washington 55 35 15 5 75 189 162
x-Boston
55 33 15 7 73 167 134
x-n.y. islanders 56 32 17 7 71 156 128
n.y. Rangers
56 27 23 6 60 177 157
Philadelphia
56 25 23 8 58 163 201
new Jersey
56 19 30 7 45 145 194
Buffalo
56 15 34 7 37 138 199
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Carolina
56 36 12 8 80 179 136
x-Florida
56 37 14 5 79 189 153
x-Tampa Bay
56 36 17 3 75 181 147
x-nashville
56 31 23 2 64 156 154
dallas
56 23 19 14 60 158 154
Chicago
56 24 25 7 55 161 186
detroit
56 19 27 10 48 127 171
Columbus
56 18 26 12 48 137 187
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Vegas
54 39 13 2 80 184 122
x-Colorado
53 36 13 4 76 184 131
x-Minnesota
54 35 14 5 75 178 149
x-st. louis
53 24 20 9 57 156 166
arizona
56 24 26 6 54 153 176
san Jose
55 21 27 7 49 151 193
los angeles
53 21 26 6 48 141 157
anaheim
56 17 30 9 43 126 179
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Toronto
54 35 13 6 76 182 140
x-edmonton
54 34 18 2 70 178 147
x-Winnipeg
54 28 23 3 59 161 152
x-Montreal
55 24 21 10 58 156 164
Calgary
52 23 26 3 49 138 149
Ottawa
55 22 28 5 49 153 187
Vancouver
50 21 26 3 45 135 164
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for
playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment.
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Monday’s Games
Philadelphia 4, new Jersey 2
edmonton 4, Montreal 3, OT
Florida 4, Tampa Bay 0
Boston 3, n.y. islanders 2, OT
Vancouver 3, Winnipeg 1
nashville 5, Carolina 0
dallas 5, Chicago 4, OT
Colorado at Vegas, late
st. louis at los angeles, late
Tuesday’s Games
Boston at Washington, 4 p.m.
Vancouver at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
edmonton at Montreal, 2 p.m.
Toronto at Ottawa, 5 p.m.
los angeles at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at st. louis, 6 p.m.
Vegas at san Jose, 6 p.m.
PREP SPORTS
Baseball
Monday’s Games
Gladstone at Madras, late
sisters10, Cascade 6
Softball
Monday’s Game
sweet home at sisters, late
Monday’s Results
Redmond 6, hood River Valley 2
Crook County at Ridgeview, late
Molalla at sisters, late
Girls Tennis
Monday’s Results
hood River Valley at Redmond, late
Ridgeview at Crook County, late
district meet at Madras, late
Boys Golf
Bend High Invitational at Bend Golf Club
Team scores — summit 294, Bend 317, Crook County
330, Ridgeview 364, Mountain View 372, Redmond 383,
la Pine 392.
BASKETBALL
NBA
FOOTBALL
Former Oregon Ducks star Brandon Bair saves man
following fiery train crash — Former Oregon Ducks star
and NFL defensive end Brandon Bair saved a man from a
semi truck that was on fire just minutes after it was hit by a
train last week, according to the East Idaho News. Bair said
he was driving on U.S. 20 in St. Anthony, Idaho, last Thurs-
day when he saw the train hit the truck, which caused an ex-
plosion right away. Bair called 911 and started driving to the
front of the train when it stopped. After hearing a voice from
inside the vehicle, Bair went in to help. Bair climbed through
the wreckage and pulled 25-year-old Steven Jenson out
through a small rear window between the passenger and driv-
er’s seat. Bair remained with Jenson until emergency crews
arrived. Jenson was airlifted to Eastern Idaho Regional Medi-
cal Center and was in fair condition Friday morning, the East
Idaho News reported. Bair played four years for the Ducks,
from 2007-10. He signed with Kansas City as an undrafted
free agent in 2011 and went on to play for the Philadelphia Ea-
gles and then-Oakland Raiders before retiring in 2015.
GOLF
Johnson withdraws from Nelson with knee discom-
fort — Dustin Johnson withdrew Monday from the AT&T
Byron Nelson because of discomfort in his knee, one week
before the second major of the year, the PGA Championship.
Johnson had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to repair
cartilage damage after the 2019 season, keeping him out for
three months until the Presidents Cup. He said in a state-
ment that “the knee discomfort I occasionally experience has
returned,” and after consulting with his team and trainers
thought it best to not play this week and stay home to focus on
rehabilitation. “I am not pleased about this situation, as I was
really looking forward to playing this week,” Johnson said. The
PGA Championship is next week at Kiawah Island in South
Carolina, his home state. Johnson, the No. 1 player in the
world for the last nine months, has gone six consecutive tour-
naments without a top-10 finish, his longest such stretch since
an eight-tournament drought in 2019 leading up to surgery.
NCAA FCS Playoffs
MLB
Tuesday, May 11
Baseball: Ridgeview at Mountain View, 4:30 p.m.; Bend
at Redmond, 4:30 p.m.; Pendleton at Crook County, 4:30
p.m.; la Pine at Creswell, 4:30 p.m.
Softball: Mountain View at Ridgeview, 4:30 p.m.; Red-
mond at Bend, 4:30 p.m.; Crook County at Pendleton,
4:30 p.m.; Creswell at la Pine, 4:30 p.m.
Boys tennis: summit at Bend, 4 p.m.
Girls tennis: Bend at summit, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, May 12
Baseball: Redmond at The dalles, 4:30 p.m.; Madras at
Molalla, 4 p.m.; Cascade at sisters, 4:30 p.m.; Culver at
Kennedy (dh), 2:30 p.m.
Softball: Molalla at Madras, 4:30 p.m.; Cascade at sis-
ters, 4:30 p.m.
Boys tennis: Mountain View at summit, 4 p.m.; Crook
County at Redmond, 3 p.m.
Girls tennis: summit at Mountain View, 4 p.m.; Redmond
at Crook County, 3 p.m.; Pendleton at Ridgeview, 3 p.m.
Girls golf: Bend invitational at Bend Golf Club, 1 p.m.
Track and field: Mountain View invitational, noon.
Listings are the most accurate available.
SPORTS BRIEFING
FOOTBALL
Prep Sports
Boys Tennis
5:30 a.m.
HOCKEY
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
x-Phila.
47
21
.691
x-Brooklyn
44
24
.647
y-Milwaukee
43
25
.632
new york
38
30
.559
atlanta
38
31
.551
Miami
37
31
.544
Boston
35
33
.515
Charlotte
33
35
.485
indiana
32
36
.471
Washington
32
37
.464
Chicago
29
39
.426
Toronto
27
41
.397
Orlando
21
47
.309
Cleveland
21
48
.304
detroit
20
49
.290
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
y-utah
50
18
.735
x-Phoenix
48
20
.706
x-l.a. Clippers
45
23
.662
x-denver
44
24
.647
dallas
40
28
.588
Portland
39
29
.574
l.a. lakers
38
30
.559
Memphis
35
33
.515
Golden state
35
33
.515
san antonio
33
35
.485
new Orleans
31
38
.449
sacramento
30
38
.441
Minnesota
21
47
.309
Oklahoma City
21
48
.304
houston
16
52
.235
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Monday’s Games
atlanta 125, Washington 124
indiana 111, Cleveland 102
Memphis 115, new Orleans 110
san antonio 146, Milwaukee 125
houston at Portland, late
utah at Golden state, late
Tuesday’s Games
denver at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at detroit, 4 p.m.
l.a. Clippers at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Miami at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at Chicago, 5 p.m.
dallas at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Phila. at indiana, 5 p.m.
Orlando at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
new york at l.a. lakers, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City at sacramento, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Golden state, 7 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Washington at atlanta, 4 p.m.
Boston at Cleveland, 5 p.m.
san antonio at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.
new Orleans at dallas, 6 p.m.
Portland at utah, 6:30 p.m.
houston at l.a. lakers, 7:30 p.m.
GB
—
3
4
9
9½
10
12
14
15
15½
18
20
26
26½
27½
GB
—
2
5
6
10
11
12
15
15
17
19½
20
29
29½
34
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
new york
16
13
.552
—
Philadelphia
18
17
.514
1
atlanta
17
17
.500
1½
Miami
15
18
.455
3
Washington
13
17
.433
3½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
st. louis
21
14
.600
—
Milwaukee
19
16
.543
2
Chicago
17
17
.500
3½
Cincinnati
16
16
.500
3½
Pittsburgh
14
20
.412
6½
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
san Francisco
20
14
.588
—
san diego
19
16
.543
1½
los angeles
18
17
.514
2½
arizona
15
19
.441
5
Colorado
12
22
.353
8
Monday’s Games
Cincinnati 14, Pittsburgh 1
Miami at arizona, late
Texas at san Francisco, late
san diego at Colorado, ppd.
Tuesday’s Games
Texas (lyles 1-2) at san Francisco (Webb 1-3), 12:45 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (alzolay 1-2) at Cleveland (Bieber 3-2),
3:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (hoffman 2-2) at Pittsburgh (Brubaker 2-2),
3:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (anderson 1-3) at Washington (Fedde 2-3),
4:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Means 4-0) at n.y. Mets (stroman 3-3),
4:10 p.m.
Toronto (Ray 1-1) at atlanta (TBd), 4:20 p.m.
st. louis (Kim 1-0) at Milwaukee (Peralta 3-1), 4:40 p.m.
san diego (darvish 3-1) at Colorado (TBd), 5:40 p.m.
Miami (lópez 0-2) at arizona (Bumgarner 3-2), 6:40 p.m.
seattle (Kikuchi 1-2) at l.a. dodgers (Buehler 1-0),
7:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Baltimore at n.y. Mets, 9:10 a.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 9:35 a.m.
Chicago Cubs at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m.
san diego at Colorado, 12:10 p.m., 1st game
san diego at Colorado, 3:10 p.m., 2nd game
Philadelphia at Washington, 4:05 p.m.
Toronto at atlanta, 4:20 p.m.
st. louis at Milwaukee, 4:40 p.m.
Miami at arizona, 6:40 p.m.
seattle at l.a. dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
ny City FC
2 1 1
7
9
new england
2 1 1
7
5
new york
2 2 0
6
7
Orlando City
1 0 3
6
5
nashville
1 0 3
6
6
Columbus
1 0 2
5
3
atlanta
1 1 2
5
5
Montreal
1 1 2
5
6
inter Miami CF
1 1 2
5
5
Phila.
1 2 1
4
3
d.C. united
1 3 0
3
4
Toronto FC
0 2 1
1
4
Chicago
0 3 1
1
3
Cincinnati
0 2 1
1
2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
seattle
3 0 1 10 10
san Jose
3 1 0
9 10
la Galaxy
3 1 0
9
8
Vancouver
2 1 1
7
5
sporting KC
2 1 1
7
6
Colorado
2 1 1
7
5
Real sl
2 1 0
6
6
austin FC
2 2 0
6
5
FC dallas
1 1 2
5
6
la FC
1 1 2
5
5
houston
1 1 2
5
5
Portland
1 3 0
3
4
Minnesota united 0 4 0
0
3
nOTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday’s Games
atlanta 1, Miami 1, tie
seattle 2, Portland 1
sporting KC 2, austin FC 1
Wednesday’s Games
Columbus at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
new england at Phila., 4:30 p.m.
Montreal at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
sporting KC at houston, 5:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
seattle at san Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Game
Chicago at d.C. united, 5 p.m.
GA
3
5
5
2
4
1
4
6
5
4
9
8
9
10
GA
2
5
8
3
6
5
4
5
5
4
5
8
10
CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, May 16,
At Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
south dakota st. vs. sam houston, 2 p.m.
DEALS
Monday’s Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BalTiMORe ORiOles — Recalled RhP Keegan akin from
norfolk (Triple-a southeast). Optioned lhP Zac lowther
to norfolk (Triple-a southeast).
neW yORK yanKees — Optioned 3B Miguel andujar to
scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-a northeast).
OaKland aThleTiCs — Reassigned lF Chad Pinder to
las Vegas (Triple-a West).
TeXas RanGeRs — Optioned C Jack Kruger to Round
Rock (Triple-a West).
National League
aTlanTa BRaVes — Recalled inF Johan Camargo from
Gwinnett (Triple-a southeast). Optioned RhPs Victor
arano and Jasseel de la Cruz to Gwinnett (Triple-a
southeast). Reassigned ss sean Kaxmar Jr. and RhP
Carl edwards outright to Gwinnett (Triple-a southeast).
COlORadO ROCKies — Placed 1B C.J. Cron on the 10-
day il retroactive to May 7.
lOs anGeles dOdGeRs — Optioned C Keibert Ruiz to
Oklahoma City (Triple-a east).
MilWauKee BReWeRs — designated RhP Zack Godley
for assignment.
PiTTsBuRGh PiRaTes — designated inF Todd Frazier
for assignment. activated CF Ben Gamel.
Minor League Baseball
Atlantic League
lOnG island duCKs — signed inF T.J. Rivera.
Pioneer League
BillinGs MusTanGs — named Joe Kruzel field man-
ager.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
hOusTOn ROCKeTs — signed F Cameron Oliver to a
10-day contract.
Women’s National Basketball Association
ChiCaGO sKy — Waived F sierra Campasino and Gs
sparkle Taylor and Jessica January.
dallas WinGs — Waived G destinee Walker.
MinnesOTa lynX — Waived F Mikayla Vaughn and G
asheika alexander.
PhOeniX MeRCuRy — Waived F Cierra Burdick.
seaTTle sTORM — Waived F Peyton Williams and G
Brittany Brown.
WashinGTOn MysTiCs — Waived Gs aislinn Konig and
lapresha stanley.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CaROlina PanTheRs — Waived dT Frank herron.
signed RB spencer Brown and lB Paddy Fisher.
CleVeland BROWns — Claimed K Chase Mclaughlin
off waivers from the Jets.
deTROiT liOns — Placed Te Josh hill on the retired list.
indianaPOlis COlTs — signed lT eric Fisher.
Kansas CiTy ChieFs — signed de Tamba hali to a one-
day contract. Waived QB Jordan Ta’amu. Released Te
sean Culkin and G Bryan Witzmann.
lOs anGeles ChaRGeRs — signed dl Christian Cov-
ington.
neW enGland PaTRiOTs — signed lB harvey langi.
neW ORleans sainTs — signed dT Josiah Bronson, G
Michael Brown, P nolan Cooney and Te dylan soehner.
neW yORK JeTs — Reassigned dB saquan hampton to
the Physically unable to Perform (PuP) list.
PiTTsBuRGh sTeeleRs — signed WR Rico Bussey and
dB donovan stiner.
TaMPa Bay BuCCaneeRs — Re-signed QB Blaine Gab-
bert.
Tennessee TiTans — Waived Te Parker hesse, ls Matt
Orzech and lB nate Orchard.
WashinGTOn FOOTBall TeaM — Released Te Mar-
cus Baugh.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
anaheiM duCKs — Returned C sam Carrick to san
diego (ahl).
CaROlina huRRiCanes — Recalled d Joey Keane from
Chicago (ahl). Reassigned G Jeremy helvig from Florida
(eChl) to Chicago (ahl).
WashinGTOn CaPiTals — Recalled G Pheonix Copley,
d Martin Fehervary and C Philippe Maillet from hershey
(ahl) to taxi squad. Reassigned d Paul ladue and C Mike
sgarbossa to hershey (ahl).
Minor League Hockey
American Hockey League
BaKeRsField COndORs — signed F dylan holloway to
an amateur tryout contract.
COlORadO eaGles — Recalled G Parker Gahagen from
utah (eChl). loaned G Kevin Carr to utah (eChl).
san JOse BaRRaCuda —signed G Zachary edmond.
East Coast Hockey League
allen aMeRiCans — Released G Tom hodges as eBuG.
FORT Wayne KOMeTs — Released G louis-Phillip Guin-
don from standard player contract.
indy Fuel — Released F Colton heffley from standard
player contract.
Kansas CiTy MaVeRiCKs — Released F Phil Marinac-
cio. activated d Corbin Baldwin from iR. activated d
noah delmas from reserve. Placed d Connor doherty
on reserve.
COLLEGE
TeXas RiO GRande Valley — named Phil Forte men’s
assistant basketball coach.
The CiTadel — Promoted Jack Castleberry to men’s
associate basketball head coach.
TENNIS
NBA
No U.S. men in Top 30 for 1st time in computer tennis
rankings — There are no American men in the ATP’s Top
Westbrook breaks triple-double record
30 for the first time in the nearly half-century of computer-
ized tennis rankings. The highest-ranked man from the U.S.,
Taylor Fritz, slid one place to No. 31 on Monday after a first-
round loss at last week’s Madrid Masters. Next is John Isner,
who made it to the quarterfinals on the red clay in Spain and
rose five spots to No. 34. There always has been at least one
man from the United States ranked in the Top 30 each week
since the inception of the computer-calculated standings on
Aug. 23, 1973. That includes No. 1s such as Jimmy Connors,
John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier and,
most recently, Andy Roddick, who held the top spot for 13
weeks from Nov. 30, 2003, to Feb. 1, 2004. That was shortly af-
ter Roddick won the 2003 U.S. Open, the last time an Ameri-
can man won a Grand Slam singles title.
SOFTBALL
Oregon’s Brooke Yanez named Pac-12 softball pitcher
of the week — Oregon ace Brooke Yanez was named Pac-12
pitcher of the week for the second time this season for her play
in a weekend series against Arizona. Yanez allowed one run
and struck out 24 over 18.2 combined innings over three ap-
pearance against the Wildcats, the Pac-12′s top-hitting team.
The fourth-year junior opened the weekend with a complete
game 2-1 win on Friday in which she gave up just two hits and
a walk and followed with 12 strikeouts in her fifth shutout of
the season in a 1-0 win in game 2. She tossed 4.2 shutout in-
nings of relief in Sunday’s series finale, which Oregon lost 2-0.
—Bulletin wire reports
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Monday night are:
23 35 40 44 46 47
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results
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BY GEORGE HENRY
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Russell West-
brook set the NBA record with
his 182nd triple-double on
Monday night, surpassing the
mark set by Oscar Robertson
in 1974.
The 32-year-old Westbrook,
in his 13th season overall and
his first with the Washington
Wizards, reached the milestone
when he grabbed his 10th re-
bound with 8:29 remaining in
the game against the Atlanta
Hawks. He finished with 28
points, 13 rebounds and 21
assists and missed a potential
game-winning 3-pointer as
the Wizards fell to the Hawks
125-124.
Westbrook began the night
averaging 11.5 assists, tops in
the NBA and the only player
in double digits. He ranked
sixth in rebounds with 11.6
per game and was averaging
22 points. He has recorded a
triple-double in each of Wash-
ington’s last five games, three
of them before the start of the
fourth quarter.
Westbrook, the 2016-17
MVP and a nine-time All-Star,
praised Robertson after he tied
the record in Saturday’s over-
time win at Indiana. He had 33
points, 19 rebounds and 15 as-
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Washington Wizards’ Russell Westbrook, left, passes away from Atlanta
Hawks’ Kevin Huerter in the second half on Monday in Atlanta.
sists, closing out the game with
a blocked shot.
“I take a lot of pride in do-
ing everything I can to impact
winning,” Westbrook said. “To
be in a conversation with Os-
car, I just want to thank him
because he set the stage. The
things he was able to do back
in the day has allowed me to
do the things that I do today.
So I’m appreciative of that, and
I’m appreciative of his support
as well.”
Washington acquired West-
brook in a trade with Hous-
ton for John Wall before the
season, reuniting Westbrook
with coach Scott Brooks, who
guided him to that MVP sea-
son with Oklahoma City.
The Wizards, who are trying
to secure a spot in the postsea-
son play-in tournament, were
playing the first of at least two
games without Bradley Beal,
the NBA’s No. 2 scorer who has
a strained left hamstring.
That was nothing new for
Westbrook, who has seven tri-
ple-doubles in nine games that
Beal has missed.
“Well, it’s definitely pretty
incredible like I’ve said many
times,” Brooks said before
Monday’s game. “He’s a spe-
cial player, an incredible leader,
teammate. He’s coachable. No
matter what he’s accomplished,
he’s about winning. Everyone
knows triple-doubles are hard
to get and for him to be able to
do this is pretty incredible.”
Westbrook had eight tri-
ple-doubles during his first
six seasons in Oklahoma City.
Then something clicked, and
he’s produced 174 over the last
seven seasons.
He has a league-leading 36
this season, the second-high-
est total of his career. He had
42 in 2016-17 when he became
the first player since Robert-
son in 1961-62 to average a
triple-double. With a week left
in the regular season, he can
match that feat for the fourth
time in five seasons.
“I’ve had nothing but respect
and admiration for Oscar and
what he’s done and what he’s
meant to the league and for
(Westbrook) to be able to this,
I never thought it would be
broken,” Brooks said. “I love
the game. I follow the game.
There’s two records I never
thought would be broken.
Oscar Robertson’s triple-dou-
ble and Wilt Chamberlain’s
100-point game.”