{"id":5272,"date":"2012-04-27T12:27:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5272"},"modified":"2012-04-27T12:27:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:27:40","slug":"uzoh-records-raptors-first-triple-double-in-11-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5272","title":{"rendered":"Uzoh records Raptors&#8217; first triple double in 11 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Toronto: <\/strong>Toronto Raptors guard Ben Uzoh recorded 12 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists to lead the Raptors to a 98-67 victory over the New Jersey Nets in National Basketball Association (NBA) action.<\/p>\n<p>Uzoh&#8217;s triple double was the tenth in franchise history and first since March 23, 2001 when Alvin Williams recorded 11 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists, reported Xinhua.<\/p>\n<p>Uzoh credited his teammates with helping him achieve the rare feat Thursday in the team&#8217;s final game of the season. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My teammates were just rooting me on and kind of pushed me to try and get that and that is a big thing in this league,&#8221; he said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>The triple double was also the eighteenth overall this season. Celtics guard Rajon Rondo leads with six, followed by 12 other players (including Uzoh) tied at second with one a piece each.<\/p>\n<p>Dwane Casey, head coach Raptors was all praise for Uzoh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He had a heck of a game. Coming in on a 10 day contract, I doubted his point guard skills at times but I just watched a young man grow in his two 10 day contracts,&#8221; said Casey.<\/p>\n<p>With the team eliminated from the playoffs weeks ago for the fourth consecutive season, the Raptors had the luxury of giving young players the opportunity to play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to see the young players play. 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