dobbel-dobbel

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Tim Duncan holds the record for most career double-doubles in the NBA since the 1983–84 season.

Alternative forms

• DD

Etymology

Calque of English double double, an international basketball term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔbːəl.dɔbːəl/

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• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: dob‧bel‧dob‧bel
• Homophone: DD

Noun

dobbel-dobbel m (definite singular dobbel-dobbelen, indefinite plural dobbel-dobbeler, definite plural dobbel-dobbelene)

1. (basketball) a double-double (the achievement of a two-digit number of any two of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game)

   Den mest vanlige kombinasjonen av en dobbel-dobbel er kombinasjonen mellom poeng og returer, deretter poeng og målgivende pasninger.

   The most common combination of a double-double is the combination of points and returns, selected points and goal-scoring passes.

See also

• trippel-dobbel (“tripple double”), TD (“TD”)
• firdobbel-dobbel (“quadruple double”)
• femdobbel-dobbel (“quintuple double”)
• fem-av-fem (“five by five”)