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James, Brand named NBA Players of Week
January 30, 2006
NEW YORK (Ticker) - After leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a perfect week, forward LeBron James on Monday was named as the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
James was virtually unstoppable, averaging 33.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game as Cleveland posted a 4-0 record.
James posted 44 points, including a career-high tying 32 points in the second half, 11 rebounds and seven assists to help rally Cleveland from 18 points down to top Phoenix, 113-106, on Sunday. The last player to post at least 44 points, 11 rebounds and six assists in a game was Hakeem Olajuwon on March 23, 1996.
In the Cavaliers' 106-97 win in Atlanta on January 25, James scored 38 points and had nine rebounds and six assists. He posted at least 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists in each game during the week.
This is James' second weekly award this season and fifth of his career. He joins Elton Brand, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash and Dwyane Wade as the only players in the league to win the award multiple times this season.
James also was named the NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Month in November 2005.
Brand, a forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, was named Western Conference Player of the Week. He averaged 24.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.3 blocks in leading the Clippers to a 4-0 record.
Brand began the week by scoring 28 points to help the Clippers overcome a 19-point second-half deficit and beat the Golden State Warriors, 96-93, on January 22.
Brand also hit 14-of-21 field goals and posted his 25th double-double of the season with 33 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Clippers to a 105-87 win at Denver on Friday, which snapped the Nuggets seven-game winning streak. The following night, Brand scored 17 points and had eight rebounds along with a season-high eight assists to lead the Clippers to their largest margin of victory this season in a 112-79 win over Denver.
This is the third weekly honor for Brand and the fifth of the career for Brand, who also was named the NBA's Western Conference Player of the Month in November 2005.
Other nominees for Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week were Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, Detroit's Chauncey Billups, Tracy McGrady of Houston, Miami's Shaquille O'Neal, Milwaukee's Michael Redd, Philadelphia's Allen Iverson and Seattle's Ray Allen.
January 30, 2006
NEW YORK (Ticker) - After leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a perfect week, forward LeBron James on Monday was named as the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
James was virtually unstoppable, averaging 33.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game as Cleveland posted a 4-0 record.
James posted 44 points, including a career-high tying 32 points in the second half, 11 rebounds and seven assists to help rally Cleveland from 18 points down to top Phoenix, 113-106, on Sunday. The last player to post at least 44 points, 11 rebounds and six assists in a game was Hakeem Olajuwon on March 23, 1996.
In the Cavaliers' 106-97 win in Atlanta on January 25, James scored 38 points and had nine rebounds and six assists. He posted at least 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists in each game during the week.
This is James' second weekly award this season and fifth of his career. He joins Elton Brand, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash and Dwyane Wade as the only players in the league to win the award multiple times this season.
James also was named the NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Month in November 2005.
Brand, a forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, was named Western Conference Player of the Week. He averaged 24.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.3 blocks in leading the Clippers to a 4-0 record.
Brand began the week by scoring 28 points to help the Clippers overcome a 19-point second-half deficit and beat the Golden State Warriors, 96-93, on January 22.
Brand also hit 14-of-21 field goals and posted his 25th double-double of the season with 33 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Clippers to a 105-87 win at Denver on Friday, which snapped the Nuggets seven-game winning streak. The following night, Brand scored 17 points and had eight rebounds along with a season-high eight assists to lead the Clippers to their largest margin of victory this season in a 112-79 win over Denver.
This is the third weekly honor for Brand and the fifth of the career for Brand, who also was named the NBA's Western Conference Player of the Month in November 2005.
Other nominees for Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week were Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, Detroit's Chauncey Billups, Tracy McGrady of Houston, Miami's Shaquille O'Neal, Milwaukee's Michael Redd, Philadelphia's Allen Iverson and Seattle's Ray Allen.
