How to Use triple-double in a Sentence

triple-double

noun

• Should Denver go for it with the all-time triple-doubles leader?
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 2 July 2024
• For the Celtics, Tatum finished just short of a triple-double with 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
• Bam Adebayo had a triple-double in the most important game of the season.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
• Rogers notched her triple-double via an assist on a three from Taya Hanson with 2:02 to go.
  — oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
• Kel'el Ware had a triple-double in high school with 18 blocks Ware's high school stats were impressive.
  — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Apr. 2023
• Doncic was the best player in the game, finishing with his fifth straight triple-double.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
• Green came close to a triple-double for the second straight game with 11 points, nine rebounds and nine assists and Kuminga scored 19 points off the bench.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
• Rookie Caitlin Clark scored 12 points while coming near a triple-double, too.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2024
• Stars performing like stars hasn’t been an issue for the Lakers, save for a so-so triple-double from Davis against the Jazz.
  — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• Jokic then went out and finished one rebound and one assist shy of a triple-double.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 22 Apr. 2023
• Bowman, who has a triple-double on her resume, can also step back and hit a 3-pointer: Her 30 triples rank fourth on the team.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
• Jokic had three triple-doubles in the series to Ayton’s zero.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2023
• Clark worked through a migraine that game, still nearly capturing the first triple-double of her career.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2024
• Trayce Jackson-Davis' strong second half has him in triple-double range: 12 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2023
• In addition to flirting with a triple-double, Porter posted a 2-to-1 assist turnover ratio and never left the game.
  — Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2024
• Jokic’s stat line was just the fourth 30-point, 20-rebound triple-double in NBA playoff history.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• After recording two triple-doubles last season, Newton reached the feat for the third time in his career on Nov. 24 against Manhattan.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2024
• He’s posted eight triple-doubles this postseason to pass Wilt Chamberlain for the most ever in a playoff run.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2023
• Clark has made history, too, becoming the first WNBA rookie to post a triple-double.
  — Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
• Only eight other players in history had a triple-double without missing a shot, and just three of them scored at least 20 points.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2023
• Sabonis led the league in rebounding, double-doubles (77) and triple-doubles (26).
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
• Sabonis leads the league in rebounding, double-doubles (56) and triple-doubles (21).
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
• Capel had an inkling then — from those games, initial workouts and a private scrimmage with Georgetown — that Carrington could one day flirt with a triple-double.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
• Twice, Galloway registered a triple-double and once, a 20-and-20 performance.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
• Thomas finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and seven assists plus two steals, once again coming just short of her signature triple-double stat line.
  — Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
• Denver's win at Memphis on Mar. 3 was when his longest triple-double streak ever (29) ended, five more than Magic Johnson.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
• Harden flirted with a triple-double, finishing with 11 assists and eight assists.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• With 12 rebounds, Freeman secured the fifth triple-double in program history.
  — Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
• There were 15 other instances of teammates having triple-doubles in the same game, but never of the 30-point variety — and for that to happen not just in the playoffs but the NBA Finals only adds to the historic level of the performance.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 9 June 2023
• There Curry was, overcoming a barrage of double-teams for his third career postseason triple-double, only for his teammates to not do their part.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2023

Last Updated: 16 Aug 2024