Australian Simmons scores history-making triple-double in fourth game

• Simmons is the only Australian to achieve a triple-double in the NBA
• Only Robertson and Williams achieved triple-doubles in first four games

Ben Simmons – the 21-year-old from Melbourne – has led the Philadelphia 76ers to their first regular season win with a triple-double in just his fourth game. The feat places him alongside basketball greats Oscar Robertson and Charles Barkley in the NBA history books.

Simmons is the first Australian to have a triple-double in the NBA, while only Robertson and Art “Hambone” Williams have achieved triple-doubles in their first four games. LeBron James, by comparison, took until mid-way through his second NBA season to achieve his first triple-double.&

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