first triple double in nba playoff history

Dick McGuire messed around and got a triple-double in Game 3 of the 1952 Division Finals against the Syracuse Nationals on April 5, 1952.

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first triple double by a player in NBA playoff history

	NAME	DATE	TD3	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Dick McGuire D. McGuire	4/5/1952	1	NYK	vs	SYR		14	12	13	6			2	7	28.6		4
2	Jack Nichols J. Nichols	3/17/1954	1	BOS	vs	SYR	31	20	10	10	6	10	60.0	8	9	88.9	71.6	5
3	Tom Gola T. Gola	3/27/1956	1	PHI	vs	SYR		16	13	10	6	8	75.0	4	5	80.0	78.4	5
4	George King G. King	3/29/1956	1	SYR	@	PHI	45	17	11	13	6	19	31.6	5	7	71.4	38.5	3
5	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	4/5/1958	1	BOS	@	STL	47	24	13	10	8	14	57.1	8	9	88.9	66.8	1
6	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	4/5/1959	1	BOS	vs	MIN	47	21	11	15	9	22	40.9	3	6	50.0	42.6	2
7	Tom Gola T. Gola	3/14/1960	1	PHI	vs	SYR		15	23	11	5	12	41.7	5	7	71.4	49.7	4
8	Johnny McCarthy J. McCarthy	3/16/1960	1	STL	vs	MIN	39	13	11	11	4	6	66.7	5	6	83.3	75.2	3
9	Tom Gola T. Gola	3/22/1960	1	PHI	@	BOS	42	22	16	10	9	14	64.3	4	4	100.0	69.8	4
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3/24/1961	1	LAL	vs	STL	47	25	18	10	7	22	31.8	11	13	84.6	45.1	3
11	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	3/17/1962	1	CIN	vs	DET		33	13	15	13	20	65.0	7	9	77.8	68.9	5
12	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	4/3/1962	1	PHI	vs	BOS	48	17	12	10	7	17	41.2	3	4	75.0	45.3	5
13	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/16/1962	1	BOS	@	LAL	48	19	24	10	6	11	54.5	7	10	70.0	61.7	2
14	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	3/21/1963	1	CIN	vs	SYR		41	15	12	13	27	48.1	15	18	83.3	58.7	3
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	3/26/1963	1	CIN	@	SYR		32	19	13	8	22	36.4	16	19	84.2	52.7	3
16	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	3/28/1963	1	CIN	@	BOS	48	43	14	10	17	25	68.0	9	12	75.0	71.0	1
17	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	4/6/1963	1	CIN	@	BOS	48	36	12	10	14	26	53.8	8	8	100.0	61.0	4
18	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	4/6/1963	1	STL	vs	LAL	38	17	10	10	8	17	47.1	1	1	100.0	48.7	5
19	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	4/7/1963	1	CIN	vs	BOS	48	36	15	14	14	31	45.2	8	9	88.9	51.5	3
20	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	4/9/1963	1	STL	vs	LAL	37	13	10	11	5	19	26.3	3	4	75.0	31.3	2
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3/25/1964	1	LAL	vs	STL	46	23	16	11	7	17	41.2	9	9	100.0	54.9	4
22	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	3/29/1964	1	CIN	vs	PHI		32	10	18	10	15	66.7	12	12	100.0	78.9	3
23	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	4/7/1964	1	CIN	vs	BOS	48	16	25	10	6	16	37.5	4	9	44.4	40.1	4
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3/26/1965	1	PHI	vs	CIN	48	30	15	10	12	24	50.0	6	9	66.7	53.6	3
25	Bill Russell B. Russell	4/19/1965	1	BOS	vs	LAL	48	23	25	10	10	11	90.9	3	6	50.0	84.3	3

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