The NBA has announced that Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokiu0107 has been named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from Monday Jan. 18th to Sunday Jan. 24th.
Jokiu0107 wins the award for the first time this season and has now earned Western Conference Player of the Week honors seven times in his career, tying him with Alex English for the second-most in franchise history.
Jokiu0107, 25, averaged 29.0 points, 14.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.70 steals while shooting .522 from the field and .778 from the charity stripe. He helped lead the Nuggets to a 3-0 week, including a home win over the Oklahoma City Thunder and back-to-back road wins over the Phoenix Suns on consecutive nights.