{"id":12466,"date":"2023-01-30T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/giannis-antetokounmpo-and-damien-lillard-named-nba-players-of-the-week\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T22:30:00","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpo-and-damien-lillard-named-nba-players-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/giannis-antetokounmpo-and-damien-lillard-named-nba-players-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damien Lillard Named NBA Players of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1021297\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.nba.com\/manage\/2023\/01\/lillard-giannis-potw-784x441.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.nba.com\/manage\/2023\/01\/lillard-giannis-potw-784x441.jpeg 784w, https:\/\/cdn.nba.com\/manage\/2023\/01\/lillard-giannis-potw-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.nba.com\/manage\/2023\/01\/lillard-giannis-potw.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers were named NBA Players of the Week for Week 15.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NBA Players of the Week for Week 15.<\/p>\n<p>West: Damian Lillard (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trailblazers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@trailblazers<\/a>)<br \/>East: Giannis Antetokounmpo (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bucks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Bucks<\/a>) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5evQ3pNOjK\">pic.twitter.com\/5evQ3pNOjK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1620160177881366528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Check out the performance of your actions over the past week.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n<p><iframe class=\"mkv-embed mkv-embed-1021044 mkv-embed-prod\" data-nba-id=\"1021044\" data-nba-env=\"prod\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/watch\/embed\/1021044?autostart=false&amp;mute=true\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giannis Antetokounmpo had 50 points, 13 rebounds and four assists Sunday against the Pelicans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The two-time Kia MVP led Milwaukee to an undefeated week by averaging 38.3 points, 12.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists. His week was highlighted by his 50-point performance in Sunday&#8217;s New Orleans game against the Pelicans. Antetokounmpo is averaging 31.7 points, 12.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists in 39 games this season. The Bucks (33-17) are currently his third in the Eastern Conference standings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>> video box score<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giannis was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the third time this season!! https:\/\/t.co\/EVLApdJIb0 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2iijXhLh2R\">pic.twitter.com\/2iijXhLh2R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bucks\/status\/1620170898669199364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n<p><iframe class=\"mkv-embed mkv-embed-1017382 mkv-embed-prod\" data-nba-id=\"1017382\" data-nba-env=\"prod\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/watch\/embed\/1017382?autostart=false&amp;mute=true\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damian Lillard dropped a season-high 60 points in Portland&#8217;s win over Utah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Portland leader dominated Week 15, averaging 42.3 points and 7.7 assists on 63.2% shooting in a 2-1 week for the Blazers. Lillard scored his season-high 60 points on 29-for-21 shooting in Portland&#8217;s win over Utah on Wednesday.  The 32-year-old guard is averaging 30.1 points, 7.3 assists and 4.0 rebounds in 37 games this season. The Blazers (23-26) are currently his 12th in the Western Conference standings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>> video box score<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1 of 1 \u231a\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Western Conference Player of the Week, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dame_Lillard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Dame_Lillard<\/a>! <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qLES7kYsX\">pic.twitter.com\/2qLES7kYsX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Portland Trailblazers (@trailblazers) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trailblazers\/status\/1620159085269368832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiTmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5iYS5jb20vbmV3cy9uYmEtcGxheWVycy13ZWVrLWdpYW5uaXMtYW50ZXRva291bm1wby1kYW1pYW4tbGlsbGFyZNIBAA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers were named NBA Players of the Week for Week 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lillard-giannis-potw.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}