Tag: Western Conference Player of the Week

Warriors’ Steph Curry named Western Conference Player of the Week

Add Western Conference Player of the Week to Steph Curry’s latest list of accomplishments.

Despite the Golden State Warriors’ cold start to the 2022-23 NBA season, the reigning NBA Finals Most Valuable Player has picked up where he left off.

Through 13 games, Steph Curry has already cemented himself in the early MVP conversation. On Monday, Curry’s recent performance was validated with a Western Conference Player of the Week award. It is his first award of the 2022-23 season and the 19th Player of the Week award in his decorated career.

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid was named Player of the Week for the Eastern Conference.

Via @warriors on Twitter:

While helping snap the Warriors’ five-game slide, Curry recorded a pair of games with 40 or more points this past week.

Curry recorded a new season high last Monday against the Sacramento Kings, scoring 47 points on 17-of-24 shooting from the field with eight made 3-pointers. Curry caught fire in the fourth quarter, scoring 17 of his points in the final frame to close out the Kings.

Curry doubled down against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, scoring 40 points on 15-of-23 shooting from the floor with six made 3s to go along with five assists and four rebounds in 34 minutes. 

On Sunday, the eight-time All-Star guard ended the week with 27 points in a loss to the Kings in Sacramento.

Curry is averaging 32.8 points on 52.6% shooting from the field and 43.4 from beyond the arc in 12 games to start the season.

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LeBron credits teammates for latest conference player of the week award

LeBron James credits his Los Angeles Lakers teammates for earning his latest western conference player of the week award.

LeBron James won his 62nd career conference player of the week award on Monday. James was honored for the week of Dec. 8-15 when he collided with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks. LeBron’s Los Angeles Lakers won each of those four games by an average of nine points. James scored 29.3 per night while dishing out 10.5 dimes and collecting 9.3 rebounds.

Shortly after he was notified of winning the award, LeBron took to social media to share a message of gratitude for his Laker teammates. He said that he wouldn’t be anything without his teammates while making reference to the washed king and revenge season narratives.

All four of the games that LeBron dominated while winning this award included a double-double performance with at least 25 points. Three of those double-doubles came with 10+ assists while one of them was earned on the glass. James has also helped Anthony Davis make a seamless transition to L.A while leading his team to the best record in the Western Conference heading into the Indiana game.

With the highly-anticipated showdown between the best team in each conference set to tip-off on Thursday in Milwaukee, the Pacers are hoping they can lay a trap-game of sorts at the feet of the Lakers. But if Los Angeles is going to counter with their 15th straight road win, they will need to make sure that Malcom Brogdan and Domantas Sabonis are not able to get going early.

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