Suns guard Devin Booker and Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell have been named the NBA’s Players of the Week, the league announced (via Twitter).
Booker, who turned 28 years old last Wednesday, helped guide Phoenix to a perfect 3-0 record last week, with victories over the Lakers, Clippers and Trail Blazers. He put up stellar individual stats, averaging 33.7 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 6.3 APG and 1.3 SPG on .484/.370/.906 shooting (37.7 MPG).
The Suns are currently 5-1, tied with the Warriors for the second-best record in the Western Conference.
Mitchell, who won for the Eastern Conference, averaged 25.3 PPG, 2.8 RPG and 4.3 APG on .506/.419/1.000 shooting in four victories over the Knicks, Lakers, Magic and Bucks last week. He hit a last-second game-winner vs. Milwaukee on Saturday.
The Cavaliers are currently 7-0, the best record in either conference (the Thunder are also undefeated at 6-0).
According to the NBA (Twitter link), the other nominees in the West were DeMar DeRozan, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kyrie Irving and Nikola Jokic, while Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jayson Tatum and Nikola Vucevic were nominated in the East. Tatum and Anthony Davis won the awards for the season’s first week.
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