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Originally posted by badguytony:
Man it sucks that "The Admiral" was once a dominating player then went downhill. I mean he once a quintuple-double (pts, rebs, blocks and assists) and scored 71 points on last game of season to beat Shaq for scoring title.
Wouldn't that be a quadruple-double? A quintuple-double would be double figures in points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals. Although it's an amazing feat, it wasn't the first time it happened. Nate Thurmond, who was the center for the San Francisco Warriors in the 60s and 70s had the first recorded one. Thurmond was a hall-of-famer, but unfortunately Russ and Wilt were the dominant centers at the beginning of his career, and Kareem was the dominant one at the end of his career. If he had played in a different era he would have probably been remembered as one of the greats. And if I remember correctly, Hakeem Olajuwon also posted a quadruple-double once in his heyday.