Dedmon's monster game one for the ages

CaptionCloseDewayne Dedmon gradually has become an inside force for the Spurs in his first season with the team. But with the injury of Pau Gasol, Dedmon has stepped up with the most consistent play of his career during the last several games. Dedmon...

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Dewayne Dedmon gradually has become an inside force for the Spurs in his first season with the team. 

But with the injury of Pau Gasol, Dedmon has stepped up with the most consistent play of his career during the last several games. 

Dedmon went for a season-high 17 points and grabbed a career-best 17 rebounds in San Antonio's 103-92 victory at Detroit on Friday night. 

It was the seventh career double-double in the 195 games of his career that Dedmon has played in the league. Three of them have come in the last eight days. 

Here's a list of Dedmon's double-doubles over the years: 

Dedmon also set a personal standard Friday night when he notched his career high in minutes with 31 minutes, 43 seconds. 

And putting the achievement into a historical context, Dedmon becomes only the ninth Spurs player in the Gregg Popovich era to notch 17 points and 17 rebounds in the same game, according to Basketball-reference.com.

Here's the list of players who have accomplished the feat since Popovich took over in 1997 and how many times they achieved the feat.

Tim Duncan 125

David Robinson 15

DeJuan Blair 2

Will Perdue 2

LaMarcus Aldridge 1

Matt Bonner 1

Nazr Mohammed 1

Malik Rose 1  

Dewayne Dedmon 1 

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