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The NBA has announced that τwo European superstars have won the players of the Week honors.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić has been named the Western Conference Player of the Week. Jokić, 23, wins the award for the third time this season and fifth of his career after winning it twice last season.
He led Denver to a 4-0 week with averages of 22.0 points, 11.8 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 2.00 steals while shooting 55% from the field. The Sombor, Serbian native was also named as a Western Conference reserve for the 2019 All-Star Game for the first time in his career last week and he has helped Denver to a 37-15 record, their best start through 52 games in franchise history.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named Eastern Conference Player of the Week. This is the second consecutive week and sixth time this season that Antetokounmpo has won Eastern Conference Player of the Week. He’s now won Player of the Week nine times in his career.
With Antetokounmpo leading the way, Milwaukee went a perfect 3-0 last week, picking up wins at Detroit, at Toronto and at Washington to improve its NBA-best record to 38-13. He averaged 25.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.3 blocks per last week while shooting 51.0 percent from the field. This included a 37-point, 10-rebound performance in Saturday’s over Washington where Antetokounmpo set the franchise record for most free throws made without a miss as he went a perfect 17-for-17 from the charity stripe.