Russell Westbrook vs. Hawks: Stats, Highlights and Twitter Reaction

Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook continues to tear through the NBA with some of the best numbers we have ever seen.

The Thunder beat the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, 102-99, thanks to yet another Westbrook triple-double, which featured 32 points, 12 assists and 13 rebounds: 

ESPN Stats & Info broke down the streak he’s on:

Russell Westbrook (@okcthunder): triple-double for the 6th straight game. He’s the 4th player in NBA history to do that (via @EliasSports)

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) December 6, 2016

Not coincidentally, the Thunder are also on a six-game winning streak, which has helped them improve to 14-8 on the season.

J.A. Adande of ESPN joked that these types of performances have become commonplace:

Please, NBA app, no more alerts for Russell Westbrook triple doubles. At this point it’s like sending an alert that Steph Curry hit a 3.

— J.A. Adande (@jadande) December 6, 2016

Westbrook had a slow start to the game but solved that issue with 27 second-half points, including this unstoppable shot, via the team’s official Twitter account:

Russ has …

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