How to use Dimers NBA Projections to Capitalize on the League's Historical Triple Double Numbers

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The triple double is one of the most impressive individual achievements an NBA player can record in a singular game.

Requiring a player to record double-digits in three of the five main individual statistical categories in the same game, it demands a well-rounded game, vulnerable opponent and the intangibly predictable hot hand.

Most often achieved via Points, Rebounds and Assists, players can hit a triple double with 10 blocks or steals in a game, though it's very rare. 

Despite the traditionally difficult nature of the triple double, this season is off to one of the highest triple double counts in NBA history.

With 100 triple doubles recorded so far this season, it's just the second time in the past 20 years that we've had 100+ triple doubles before the All-Star Break (the 2021-22 season).

Led by Nikola Jokic's 25 triple doubles, the league is seeing on average more than one triple double per night in the NBA, Jokic and his teammate Russell Westbrook have recorded a triple double on the same night twice this season, the first time in NBA history a pair of teammates have done so.

We're going to analyze this year's impressive triple double statistics, compare them to pervious years, and teach you how to identify these spots with our Dimers Pro projections.

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History and Evolution of the Triple Double

The NBA began officially recording triple doubles as a stat in the 1979-80 season, though the first ever achieved was by the Philadelphia Warriors Andy Phillip in 1950 on 17 Points, 10 Rebounds and 10 Assists.

Since then, it's become one of the most celebrated single-game moments on any given NBA night, save for maybe 40+ point performances and game-winning buckets.

The most triple doubles in a single season ever is 152, set in the 2020-21 season, with every season since 2016-17 seeing at least 100 triple doubles.

* denotes record, ^ denotes shortened season

Six active players sit in the Top 10 leaderboard for career triple doubles - Russell Westbrook, Nikola Jokic, LeBron James, Luka Doncic, James Harden and Domantas Sabonis.

Westbrook, the active leader with 202 triple doubles in his career, famously averaged a triple double over his final three seasons with the Thunder, recording at least 22.9 Points, 10.1 Rebounds and 10.3 Assists in each season over that span.

His current teammate Nikola Jokic will smash this record at his current pace. Jokic currently has 155 Triple Doubles through 724 games played. At 25 already this season, he could even break Westbrook's single season record of 42 triple doubles this season.

Jokic is doing it in a way we've never seen - he got 12 of those triple doubles playing just three quarters in those games. That's more than any single team even has triple doubles total this year.

So, the real question is how do we make money off this?

While Nikola Jokic often hovers around even money odds (+100) or shorter, most players with triple double potential sit approximately between the +400 to +800 range on any given night. The Knicks' Josh Hart, who has six triple doubles this season, is usually around +1000.

This means identifying those opportunities is critical, as hitting just a couple of them can put you up big in this market over the course of the season.

NBA Betting Strategy - Identifying Triple Double Bets

As mentioned, odds for a triple double can vary, but are typically in the mid-range around +400 to +800 for players with potential (think Luka Doncic, Domantas Sabonis) but who don't average the numbers (Nikola Jokic, prime Russell Westbrook).

Even for the players who can record them often, it's not enough to just bet on them all the time.

Consider Nikola Jokic this season for example - let's say he's +100 every night for a triple double. Even with his 25 recorded so far, there are 30 games where he hasn't gotten one.

If you bet $5 on Jokic to get a triple double every night at +100, you'd be down $25.

Let's use Domantas Sabonis, and take median odds of +600 as an example. He's got 8 this year - if you bet $5 on him to get a triple double every night at +600, you'd have broken even, winning $240 on his 8 hits, and losing $240 on the48 times he's missed.

That means picking and choosing your spots in critical and that's where Dimers Pro and our daily NBA Cheat Sheets come in the clutch.

As part of a Dimers Pro subscription, users get access to our boxscore projections and our custom-built NBA Cheat Sheets which compile all of our Points, Rebounds and Assists projections into one handy sheet. Players projected close to a double double are tagged as a "Double Double Threat" with the players closest to a Triple Double getting an extra identifier.

We source their best odds to record a Triple Double and highlight them as players to target on Triple Double Watch.

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For example, here's how projected Domantas Sabonis for three consecutive games at the end of January in which he recorded a triple double in each:

• January 25 - Projection: 20 PTS, 24 REB, 7 AST
  • Result: 25/13/12
    
    
• January 27 - Projection: 22 PTS, 15 REB, 7 AST
  • Result: 21/22/10
    
    
• January 29 - Projection: 23 PTS, 16 REB, 8 AST
  • Result: 13/14/11

Each of these games had Sabonis projected within 3 assists of a triple double, including two against teams in the bottom third of the league in terms of defending assists (Nets, 76ers).

As Sabonis averages 6.2 AST per game this year, each of these scenarios saw him projected above his season average, identifying more upside than usual.

Since scoring is rarely an issue for players betting triple doubles as they only need 10 points to qualify, you want to find the spots where they'll be able to hit their other marks, notably Assists and Rebounds, like the matchups we mentioned above.

Overall, here are the teams that sit in the bottom third of the league in terms of both rebounds and assists allowed to opponents: Bulls, Wizards, Pelicans, Nets, with the Bulls and Wizards allowing the single-most rebounds overall to opponents.

The takeaway? If you see a player projected close to a 10 Rebounds and Assists vs. the Bulls or Wizards, they're a strong target to pick up the coveted triple double at some big plus money odds.

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