Domantas Sabonis breaks NBA’s single season consecutive double-double record
Mar 25, 2024, 8:47 PM | Updated: 8:51 pm
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - MARCH 23: Domantas Sabonis #10 of the Sacramento Kings looks on against the Orlando Magic during the third quarter at Kia Center on March 23, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images)
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Domantas Sabonis now holds the record for the longest single-season double-double streak in NBA history since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976-77, passing Kevin Love.
During the third quarter of Monday’s matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers, Sabonis tallied 11 points, ten rebounds, and eight assists, extending his streak to 54 games.
Love set the previous record (53) during the 2010-11 season with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The only other players who have accomplished such a streak or longer came before the 1976 merger. The eleven previous instances came from Wilt Chamberlain (6x), Walt Bellamy (1), Elgin Baylor (1), and Elvin Hayes (2):
- Wilt Chamberlin (1966-67): 81
- Wilt Chamberlin (1963-64): 80
- Wilt Chamberlin (1961-62): 80
- Walt Bellamy (1961-62): 79
- Wilt Chamberlin (1960-61): 79
- Elgin Baylor (1960-61): 70
- Wilt Chamberlin (1967-68): 66
- Elvin Hayes (1968-69): 60
- Wilt Chamberlin (1959-60): 56
- Elvin Hayes (1973-74): 55
- Domantas Sabonis (2023-24): 54
- Kevin Love (2010-11): 53
This isn’t the first record Domantas Sabonis has broken in his short tenure with the Sacramento Kings. Last season, with a fractured right thumb, the Kings’ center ended the year with the most triple-doubles (14) and the most double-doubles (65) in a single season in the Sacramento era.
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