King Lebron James

For the 4th time this season and the 24th time in his career, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James was named today as the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, January 18th through Sunday, January 24th.

In three games during the week, James averaged an NBA-best 34.0 points on .484 shooting, 7.7 rebounds and a league-high 10.7 assists in 41.3 minutes per game. James has led the Cavaliers to an NBA-best 34-11 record and a 17-3 record at home. The Cavs are also 16-5 (.762) against the Western Conference, including a perfect 8-0 against Western opponents at The Q. In 3 games this week, Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers were able to defeat the Toronto Raptors (with James finishing with game highs 28 points and 11 assists for his 14th double-double of the season and added 9 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks), Los Angeles Lakers (James tallying a game-high 37 points on 13-25 (.520) shooting, a game-high 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block) and the Oklahoma City Thunder (where James had a near triple-double with a game-high 37 points, a season-high tying 12 assists and 9 rebounds)

The Denver Nuggets’ Chauncey Billups was named the Western Conference Player of the Week. Other nominees for the Eastern Conference Player of the Week were Atlanta’s Jamal Crawford and Joe Johnson, Miami’s Dwayne Wade, Milwaukee’s Andrew Bogut, Orlando’s Dwight Howard and Toronto’s Chris Bosh.