The National Basketball Association announced Monday that Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been selected as Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for games played in October and November. He joins Dwane Casey, Sam Mitchell and Lenny Wilkens as the only coaches in franchise history to earn the honour.
Nurse led Toronto to an NBA-best 19-4 record, including a franchise-record six straight victories to start the season (Oct. 17-26). Offensively the Raptors ranked third in the NBA averaging 117.6 points and first in field goal percentage (.494). Newly acquired Kawhi Leonard averaged a team-high 25.0 points last month under Nurse’s system, just a half-point off his career-high of 25.