Jarrett Allen Narrowly Misses 17th Straight Double-Double

They say all good things must come to an end, but this one almost didn’t.

One night after Jarrett Allen set a franchise record with his 16th consecutive double-double, Allen appeared to notch his 17th straight dub-dub in the first half of the Cavaliers’ Feb. 1 matchup at Memphis. Allen went into the locker room with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

However, at the beginning of the third quarter, it was announced that the NBA had taken away one of those rebounds from Allen’s stat line.

Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com reported that the Cavs contacted the NBA for an explanation.

“Even though the courtside statistician inside Memphis’ FedEx Forum awarded Allen with a rebound at the 5:02 mark of the second quarter, the stats crew in Secaucus, NJ, determined that Allen did not establish firm control of the board following Jaren Jackson Jr.’s top-of-the-key 3-point attempt,” Fedor wrote.

Unfortunately, Allen didn’t get much of a chance to officially haul in rebound No. 10.

With 9:33 left in the third quarter, Allen fell awkwardly after colliding with the Grizzlies forward Vince Williams Jr. Allen checked out of the game at the next timeout, and it was reported that he suffered a left-ankle injury on the play.

While Allen didn’t make it to double-double No. 17, his impressive run of 16 consecutive double-doubles remains etched in Cleveland Cavaliers history.

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