NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James and Denver Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups were named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week Monday.
James got the honor for a second consecutive week, having averaging a league-high 33.7 points per game. Last week he averaged 34.5 ppg.
James had his third 41-point effort so far this season in a Nov. 11 win over Milwaukee. He became the first player since Michael Jordan in 1991 to reach the 40-point plateau at least three times in his team's first eight games of the season.
Billups, an 11-year pro, averaged 21.5 points, 5.8 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1.25 steals per game over four contests for the Nuggets in the week.
Denver has gone 5-1 since trading Allen Iverson to Detroit in exchange for Billups and two other players.
