OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Russell Westbrook had 17 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds in his 12th triple-double of the season, and Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers 128-94 on Monday night.
Westbrook had the 31st triple-double of his career and matched Sacramento's Rajon Rondo for the most assists without a turnover in a game this season.
Enes Kanter scored a season-high 26 points, Kevin Durant added 20 and Serge Ibaka had 15 for the Thunder, whose 45th win matched their victory total from last season. Oklahoma City shot a season-high 59 percent from the field.
Damian Lillard scored 21 points and C.J. McCollum added 15 for the Trail Blazers, who have lost five of seven. Portland shot a season-low 34.1 percent from the field.
Portland allowed its highest field-goal percentage of the season, and Oklahoma City's field-goal percentage defense was its best of the season.
The Thunder improved to 12-0 this season when Westbrook gets a triple-double, and he fell one rebound short of having it by halftime. He collected his 10th point on a layup with 3:37 remaining in the first half and notched his 10th assist on a pass to Ibaka for a dunk with 2:40 remaining in the second quarter. He got his ninth rebound with 3:25 left, but couldn't snag another one. He had 10 points, nine rebounds and 11 assists at the break.
According to STATS, no NBA player has collected a triple-double in the first half of a game since the start of the 2002-03 season, when the company began keeping track.
Oklahoma City led 66-42 at the break, and Westbrook dished out five more assists in the third quarter to help the Thunder go up 102-72 at the end of the third period.
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TIP-INS
Trail Blazers: Portland shot 31.4 percent in the first half. ... The Blazers committed just four turnovers before the break. ... If the playoffs had started Monday, Portland would have been at Oklahoma City. ... Lillard scored 14 points in the third quarter. ... Beat Orlando 121-84 on Saturday for their largest victory of the season.
Thunder: G Dion Waiters missed his fourth straight game. He returned home after his brother's death. ... Durant scored 15 points in the first quarter, matching the most he's scored in that period this season. ... The Thunder went on an 18-0 run that stretched from late in the first quarter to early in the second. ... Nazr Mohammed played for the second time since Oklahoma City picked up the free agent. He scored his first basket of the season in the final minute.
UP NEXT
Trail Blazers: At San Antonio on Thursday.
Thunder: At Boston on Wednesday.
