Josh Giddey

Beating reigning NBA champs Golden State meant more to Josh Giddey than his career-high 17 assists as he racked up a seventh triple-double for the season.

Josh Giddey dished out a career-high 17 assists tonight in the Thunder W ⛈︗ NBA (@NBA) It was a third-straight win for the Thunder and Giddey has scored at least 17 points and produced nine assists in each of his last four games. Beating reigning NBA champs Golden State meant more to Josh Giddey than his career-high 17 assists as he racked up a seventh triple-double for the season.

In all but 3 years, Josh Giddey has gone from hooping in Victoria to competing against LeBron James as one of the youngest Australians on the NBA's courts.

I was fortunate to go through that same process the year before—I knew what to expect and told him what to look out for but he handled it well. I get to represent Oklahoma, the organisation, and the fans, but most importantly I get to represent my country. I was 16-17 when I went to the NBA Academy, and then 6-8 months later he came up too. We used to live together when I was living in Australia at the NBA Academy. In primary school and all throughout high school I had one in the shower that I used every morning. I was excited when the opportunity to partner with JBL came up. For me, it was stepping on the floor with LeBron for the first time. It means the world to us—to have a whole country behind us that’s so passionate about the NBA and basketball. It was a fun game, those events are always fun—getting to play with different rookies and sophomores around the league—guys you don’t necessarily know too well. The guys played hard and it was competitive. Across the 2023 All Stars weekend James said of Giddey, “he’s going to get better and better, he’s a really good player for sure. Since being drafted, Giddey has gone on to achieve many other firsts—among them, being the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double.

After three straight impressive games, Oklahoma City's point guard is a big reason for back-to-back wins.

Thunder guard Josh Giddey has tied Magic Johnson for most triple doubles before 21 years old and is behind Luka Doncic in that category.

In a win against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, Giddey finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 17 assists. It has also been due to the [continued development of Josh Giddey](https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-vocal-on-josh-giddey-thunder-bright-future) as a complimentary guard to Gilgeous-Alexander. Much of that success has been due to the [emergence of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander](https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-scoring-night-kevin-durant-never-did) as a legit franchise star.

Josh Giddey has brought his best against the reigning NBA champions, picking apart the Warriors in an OKC ...

The Thunder pushed the lead to 123-108 on a bank shot by Gilgeous-Alexander with seven minutes remaining. Golden State's Jordan Poole was called for a technical early in the fourth quarter. “I thought we did a great job in the initial action forced him into a contested shot," Daigneault said. The Thunder led 135-128 with 47.1 seconds left, and a foul was called when Aaron Wiggins blocked his three-pointer. I mean, I was just making the right play and, you know, 17 assists sounds great, but you give a lot of credit to your teammates. They were in the right spot a lot of tonight. And the next thing you know, it’s like an 8-0 spurt and they get themselves going. They won their third straight in their quest for a playoff spot. The Thunder won the midcourt tip and controlled the game from there. "You know, the game can be going poorly for them. [Luka Doncic](https://wwos.nine.com.au/basketball/nba/luka-doncic) holds the record after registering 21 triple-doubles before he turned 21 in 2020. [Josh Giddey](https://wwos.nine.com.au/basketball/josh-giddey) had the seventh triple-double of his career and third of the season, and the [Oklahoma City Thunder](https://wwos.nine.com.au/oklahoma-city-thunder) beat the [Golden State Warriors](https://wwos.nine.com.au/basketball/nba/golden-state-warriors) 137-128 on Wednesday.

Josh Giddey recorded a huge 17-point, 11-rebound, and 17-assist triple-double as the OKC defeat the Warriors 137-128.

[Magic](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/magic-johnson-career-stats-first-114-games): 18.6 points, 8.2 rebounds. Josh’s outstanding performance against the San Francisco-based franchise was his 7th career triple-double. 17 AST While SGA managed to record 33 points, 3 rebounds, and 6 assists, the Aussie youngster stuffed the stat sheet. Despite Stephen Curry’s 40-point scoring outburst, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Giddey propelled the home team to a 137-128 win. Travelling to Texas, in hopes of grabbing a win against