It was Jan. 20 in Cleveland, and Russell Westbrook stood in the hallway outside the Oklahoma City Thunder locker room taking pictures and signing autographs for fans after an emphatic win over the Cavs. Westbrook was about as electrifying and dominant as he can be, racking up 23 points, 9 rebounds and 20 assists as the Thunder dropped 148 points.

Two teenage boys who had just gotten their photo with Westbrook were jumping up and down exclaiming "I can't believe it!" as their dad pulled the phone down and got Westbrook's attention before he moved on to the next group.

"We were counting those rebounds!" he said. "One more for the triple-double!"

Instead, Westbrook checked out with 3 minutes, 31 seconds remaining, a rebound shy of what would've been his second career 20-10-20 game. Westbrook, who has grown a little exhausted by the triple-double narrative that follows him, politely grinned as he signed a program.

"Next game," he said. "Next game."

That's what it has become for Westbrook: a nightly opportunity to register what would be a career achievement for most players. (Get this: Westbrook has more triple-doubles in his career than 23 of the other 29 active franchises do, ever.)

He didn't really become the triple-double king until the 2014-15 season, when Kevin Durant was injured for most of the year, giving us all a small taste of what Scorched Earth Russ looked like and what was to come; 93 of his 100 have come since the 2014-15 season.

"Damn. I think I've got like two," Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony said. "Just to be a part of something like that ... I don't know, that's working. A hundred triple-doubles, that's working."

Any time there's a hundred of something, there's a lot to choose from, but here are some of the most memorable moments from Westbrook hitting triple-digits on career triple-doubles.

Volume No. 1

Jason Kidd witnessed Russell Westbrook's first NBA triple-double. Layne Murdoch/NBA/Getty Images

Triple-double: No. 1

Game: March 2, 2009 (vs. Mavericks)

Stat line: 17 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists

Maybe it was foreshadowing. Or just fitting. Either way, Westbrook's first triple-double came in his rookie season: 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 96-87 win over fellow 100-club member Jason Kidd and the Dallas Mavericks, all while Durant was sidelined with an injury. Starting alongside Kyle Weaver, Nenad Krstic, Thabo Sefolosha and Nick Collison, Westbrook led the upstart Thunder.

Collison is the only player still on the team from that first triple-double, and he doesn't remember a thing about it. Or really any of them, for that matter.

"I don't really give a s--- about them," Collison, with a wry smile, said last week.

No Thunder player knows Westbrook better than Collison, who has spent a decade watching him grow from an emotional, out-of-control, relentless rookie hell-bent on proving the world wrong into, well, an emotional, out-of-control, relentless superstar still hell-bent on proving the world wrong. That's Collison's point when he says he doesn't care.

"It's unbelievable what he's been able to produce," Collison said. "But for me, it's more just about him as a player and where we're going as a team. I can't remember individual triple-doubles, but I can remember winning playoff series and big games, stuff like that. I don't want to dismiss them. It's a great achievement, and it is amazing he can affect the game in so many ways. ...

"I [take] back I don't give a s--- about triple-doubles," Collison said with a bigger smile, "but I don't remember them as these big moments. I remember the games and seeing him evolve over the years."

That night against the Mavs was a touchstone moment for Westbrook, too. He didn't take a shot the first five minutes of the game, and despite shooting 6-of-18 from the field, he was the calming force after Dallas started the fourth quarter on a 16-2 run while he sat on the bench. There were a lot of times that first season when it looked like Westbrook might not ever figure things out, but that night in March was a sign of greater things to come.

Merry Christmas

Triple-double: No. 7

Game: Dec. 25, 2013 (at Knicks)

Stat line: 14 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists

By Westbrook's standards, it was an unremarkable triple-double: 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in a blowout win over the Knicks on Christmas. It was the fifth Christmas Day triple-double in NBA history and, at the time, a big deal. But what made it memorable was that a few hours after the game, Westbrook was on a flight across the country to Los Angeles to undergo a third knee surgery in nine months on his right knee.

It's not surprising that Westbrook would post a triple-double on a knee that needed surgery. The night all the knee trouble started, Game 2 of the 2013 first-round series against the Rockets when Patrick Beverley ran into Westbrook as he called timeout, Westbrook posted 21 of his 29 points in the second half -- on a torn meniscus.

"NBA 2K. On rookie."

"When I was playing on it, I was basically playing on one leg, kind of just hobbling around," Westbrook said of playing after tearing it. "You probably could notice, but kind of just hobbling around just trying to find a way where I can do what I can to help my team win. And at the same time I was in pain."

But after having surgery before the season started to remove a loose stitch, Westbrook was regularly having his knee drained and getting MRIs every month. And a few days before the Thunder played the Knicks, it was scheduled: Westbrook was going to have another surgery, with this one forcing him out almost seven weeks. It seems so far off now, but at the time there was genuine worry about the outlook of Westbrook's career -- if he'd ever be the same again, if he'd be able to maintain his trademark explosiveness and aggression.

The answer was a resounding "yes."

'Good execution'

Triple-double: No. 9

Game: Jan. 16, 2015 (vs. Warriors)

Stat line: 17 points, 15 rebounds, 16 assists

Two things made this one memorable, and they really don't have much to do with the game (a 127-115 win over the Warriors). First, Westbrook showed up to the arena wearing a yellow hoodie and a black ski mask pulled over his face. And second, it was maybe his most famous postgame interview.

After Westbrook posted 17 points, 15 rebounds and 16 assists -- a career-high in dimes at the time -- while dominating a matchup with Stephen Curry, he should have had every reason to be happy. Instead, his postgame availability went like this:

Westbrook: "Execution, I thought we did a good job of executing. ... Did a good job of execution. ... It was good. ... I thought we did a good job executing."

Confused, Oklahoman columnist Berry Tramel asked Westbrook whether he was upset about something.

Westbrook: Nah. I just don't like you.

Tramel: You don't?

Westbrook: No.

Tramel: You don't like Nick [Gallo, the Thunder's sideline reporter and writer] either?

Westbrook: I love Nick. I don't like you.

Tramel: Well you gave us about the same answers.

Westbrook: You got another question?

Tramel: You played a great game. ... Is this one of the better games you can think of in your career?

Westbrook: Good execution.

The masked man