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Philadelphia: Simmons hits symbolic bar

Ben Simmons had things to say on the floor. On the night of Thursday to Friday, as part of the NBA regular season, the leader (or strong winger) of the Philadelphia 76ers completed a new triple-double (10 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists), which has certainly allowed his franchise to win, against the Miami Heat (125-108). Beyond this final victory for his team, the native of Melbourne in Australia, now 24, took the opportunity, at the same time, to reach a bar all that is most symbolic. Indeed, Ben Simmons recorded his 30th career triple-double during this meeting. He is the third fastest player to reach 30 triple-doubles in NBA history, taking him 228 games to do so. This famous ranking is dominated by Oscar Robertson, with 75 games, ahead of Magic Johnson and his 190 games.

Simmons almost left the Philadelphia 76ers recently

A performance far from trivial for Simmons. Especially since the main interested party almost had to leave the Philadelphia 76ers, just recently. Indeed, in the soap opera James Harden, finally sent to the Brooklyn Nets, Simmons, who apparently did not want to move, almost landed with the Houston Rockets, insofar as the name of Harden had circulated on the side of the Philadelphia 76ers. Visibly relieved to be able to stay, the Australian therefore released this famous performance. To the delight of his team, certainly. A formation which records there a ninth victory in thirteen games already played since the start of the NBA regular season and a first game played on December 23. Thanks to these very good arrangements, the Philadelphia 76ers franchise currently occupies second place in the Eastern Conference standings, behind the Boston Celtics.

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