With four games left, Domantas Sabonis is chasing history
Domantas Sabonis continues to prove he's one of the biggest All-Star snubs ever. The Kings center leads the NBA this season in triple-doubles (26) and double-doubles (74), but he's doing the latter at a historic pace.
With his 74th double-double on Sunday, Sabonis matched a 43-year record set by Moses Malone in the 1980-81 season.
Sabonis is on the brink of making history during the final four games of the season. If he can notch double-doubles in all four outings, he'd surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Malone for the most in the last 50 years.
As part of his historic run, Sabonis has surpassed the best double-double seasons in modern history —Kevin Garnett (71 in 2003-04) and Hakeem Olajuwon (72 in 1992-93), the only other players besides himself and Malone to notch up 70 or more double-doubles since 1980-81.
Sabonis is also on track to join a shortlist of players in NBA history to earn All-NBA honors without being named an All-Star. Jimmy Butler in 2020-21 was the last player to make All-NBA but not the All-Star team. In recent years, Rudy Gobert (2018-19, 2016-17) and DeAndre Jordan (2014-15, 2015-16) achieved that feat twice.
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