2nd-8th Jan 2011This week we saw the nba's award races put out by the league and will take a peak at them plus a few more key players got down with the injury bug.
Joe Johnson of the Hawks took home the East player of the week leading his banged up team to a 3-1 record treating the Hawks fans to back to back 41 point scoring games ! He averaged 34.4ppg 6.8rpg 7apg 2.9spg.
Out West
Manu Ginobili took home the award despite a tough road trip on the east coast seeing his Spurs go 1-2 he put up 30ppg 8.3rpg 6.3apg 2spg also setting a career high in rebounding in a win at Boston grabbing 16 rebounding he also had 17 points and 7 assists.
In the D-League
Craig Brackins of the
Sixers won player of the week averaging 26.5ppg and 11.5rpg , Another guy making a name for himself is
Hornets rookie
Quincy Pondexter now averaging 20 & 10 in 4 games since being sent down.
Back to the nba and 2 teams are really playing banged up , the Hawks and Magic both have 3 key players on the rosters missing time due to injury.
For the
Hawks Josh Smith (4-6 week broken jaw) ,
Jamal Crawford ( 1-2 weeks sore shoulder) and
Zaza Pachulia (4-6weeks torn hamstring)
Orlando is missing
Jameer Nelson (2 weeks broken hand) ,
Brandon Bass (2 week sprained ankle) and now
Jason Richardson (4-6 weeks broken wrist)
This week we take a look at the "MVP" race.
1)
Kobe Bryant - 33.2ppg 3.8rpg 5.9apg 2.4spg [31-6 record]
2)
LeBron James - 28.3ppg 7.2rpg 5.7apg 2.3spg 1.5bpg [28-10 record]
3)
Josh Smith - 17.7ppg 11.6rpg 4.9apg 2.4spg 2.1bpg [27-12 record]
4)
Pau Gasol - 20.3ppg 11.3rpg 2.9apg 2.5bpg [31-6 record]
5) J
oe Johnson - 26.3ppg 5.0rpg 5.2apg 1.5spg [27-12 record]
Amare Stoudemire appears to of being snubbed despite his 27.8ppg 9.8rpg 2.9apg 1.5bpg and a knick record of 24-12