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    Lakers’ Anthony Davis receives Player of the Week honor
    • October 28, 2024

    PHOENIX — Lakers star Anthony Davis was honored on Monday for his strong start to the season.

    Davis was named the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week for the first week of the season (Oct. 22-Sunday) – the sixth Player of the Week honor he has received as a Laker and the 11th of his career.

    He was last named Player of the Week for Week 22 of the 2023-24 season (March 18-24, 2024).

    The Lakers’ All-Star big man averaged a league-best 34 points on 57.1% shooting from the field to go with 11 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.3 blocked shots and 1.7 steals while the Lakers started 3-0 with home wins against Minnesota, Phoenix and Sacramento.

    With his 31-point performance in Saturday’s victory over Sacramento, Davis became the fourth Laker to start a season with three consecutive 30-point performances (36, 35, 31), joining Elgin Baylor (1961-62; 1962-63), Jerry West (1961-62; 1969-70) and Kobe Bryant (2005-06).

    Baylor, West and Bryant opened the aforementioned seasons with four 30-point performances, meaning Davis entered Monday night’s game in Phoenix one 30-point performance from tying the record and two from breaking it.

    Boston Celtics wing Jayson Tatum was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.

    Lakers star LeBron James was a nominee for West Player of the Week.

    More to come on this story.

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    ​ Orange County Register 

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