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Iverson Named NBA Western Conference Player of the Week
Nuggets guard honored for the second time this season
DENVER, Jan. 7 -- Nuggets guard Allen Iverson was named NBA Player of the Week for the Western Conference for games played from Monday, Dec. 31 through Sunday, Jan. 6 the NBA announced today. Iverson led the Nuggets to a 3-0 record, averaging 33.3 ppg on .531 (34-64) shooting from the field, .471 (8-17) shooting from long distance and .923 (24-26) shooting from the foul line. He also dished out 5.0 apg and played an exhausting 43.6 mpg during Denver’s three wins against San Antonio, Minnesota and Philadelphia. This marks the 22nd time in Iverson's career that he has garnered this honor, while it is his second in the Western Conference and second as a Denver Nugget. He was also named Western Conference Player of the Week earlier this season on Nov. 19 (for games played from Nov. 12 through Nov. 18). Iverson joins Carmelo Anthony and Alex English as the only players in Nuggets history to have won the award multiple times during the same season. Anthony has done so in two separate seasons, most recently in 2006-07 (three POW honors), while English did so in two separate seasons as well (two POW honors in both 1982-83 and ’85-86). According to an unofficial all-time awards list from the NBA, only Michael Jordan (25) and Karl Malone (23) have more Player of the Week honors to their credit in NBA history.
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