Despite being one of the more prolific teams in terms of scoring, the Portland Trail Blazers went over five years in between players logging a triple-double. And if you take out the four triple-doubles that Nicolas Batum tallied between the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons, Portland’s triple-double dearth extended over a decade.
But after going years without a triple-double, the Trail Blazers had seen three of their players achieve that sought-after statistical milestone this season. First, it was Jusuf Nurkic just barely breaking the seal by getting a triple-double of 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in victory versus the Cleveland Cavaliers on January 16, 2019.