Double-double

:This article is about double-double as used in basketball terminology. Canadian slang describes the Canadian use of this term.

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A double-double is a basketball term, defined as an individual performance in a game in which a player accumulates a double digit number total in any two of these categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots.

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Double-doubles, unlike the more difficult triple-doubles (or ultra-rare quadruple-doubles), are very common in the NBA, and in fact there is usually at least one player in each NBA game that manages to record one. In each NBA season, rarely do more than a handful of players average a double-double.

Related Topics:
Triple-double - Quadruple-double - NBA

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During the 2004-05 season, only eight players who were eligible for leadership in the main statistical categories averaged a double-double for the entire season (listed in descending order of points per game):

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• Shaquille O'Neal
• Kevin Garnett
• Shawn Marion
• Steve Nash
• Troy Murphy
• Emeka Okafor
• Dwight Howard
• Kurt Thomas

All of the above players averaged double figures in both points and rebounds except for Nash, whose categories were points and assists. Lamar Odom also averaged a double-double in points and rebounds, but played in only 64 games, six short of the 70 required to qualify for statistical leadership.

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