The league has been waiting for 28 years to see such a performance. The quadruple-double still has only four occurrences in the history of the league (since 1973/74 precisely and the counting of blocks and interceptions in the statistics) the last of which dates from February 17, 1994.
It was the work of David Robinson, four years after Hakeem Olajuwon, eight after Alvin Robertson and twenty years after the first, Nate Thurmond.
A few weeks before scoring 71 points against the Clippers and winning the title of top scorer in the league ahead of Shaquille O’Neal, the Spurs pivot had crushed very weak Pistons (115-96) with an XXL performance: 34 points , 10 assists, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks.
“We didn’t have the impression that he had made a historic match”, explained, in 2009, Joe Dumarsvictim of this huge benefit. “It felt more like a monster game like any other for him. “
It must be said that with 29.8 points, 10.7 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 3.3 blocks and 1.7 steals on average in 1993/94, David Robinson had an enormous regular season and this game was in a way only a big and historic one. confirmation of his offensive and defensive qualities. Agility, power, sense of timing and teamwork, with a touch of the spectacular: David Robinson had David Robinson.
It was at the end of the game, with his tenth against and when the Texans’ eleventh straight victory was acquired, that he had inscribed his name in legend.
“I came close to making a quadruple-double several times”he recalled after the meeting. “It’s something I wanted. I’m delighted because it’s a feat that you can never be sure of achieving. “
