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Dončić and Brunson Named NBA Players of the Week
Luka Dončić won the Western Conference Player of the Week award after leading the Los Angeles Lakers to three wins.
He averaged 45 points, 8.3 assists and 7.0 rebounds, scoring at least 40 points in each game.
His week included a 53-point game against Portland, and he is averaging a league-best 40.1 points through nine appearances this season.
Jalen Brunson earned the Eastern Conference award after averaging 27.7 points and 6.3 assists as the New York Knicks went 3–0.
Brunson’s award came even as teammate Karl-Anthony Towns was described as New York’s most valuable player through the team’s first nine games.
Towns has started strongly, while Mikal Bridges has struggled, according to coverage of the Knicks.
The awards recognize standout play in each conference, and Dončić and Brunson were former teammates for four seasons in Dallas.
Luka Dončić was named Western Conference Player of the Week, and Jalen Brunson won the award in the East.
Dončić averaged 45.0 points, 8.3 assists and 7.0 rebounds in three Lakers wins.
He scored at least 40 points in each game, including 53 against Portland.
Brunson averaged 27.7 points and 6.3 assists as the Knicks went 3–0.
The former Dallas teammates played together for four seasons.
- Who
- Luka Dončić and Jalen Brunson.
- What
- Dončić was named Western Conference Player of the Week, and Brunson won the Eastern Conference award.
- When
- The NBA announced the awards Monday, November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Dončić plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, and Brunson plays for the New York Knicks.
- Why
- Dončić averaged 45.0 points in three Lakers wins, while Brunson averaged 27.7 points in a 3–0 Knicks week.
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Dončić scored 53 points against Portland.
The NBA announced Dončić as Western Conference Player of the Week and Brunson as Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
- Dončić’s weekly scoring average
- 45.0 points
- Dončić’s weekly assists and rebounds
- 8.3 assists and 7.0 rebounds
- Dončić’s Portland game
- 53 points
- Brunson’s weekly scoring average
- 27.7 points
- Knicks’ weekly record
- 3–0
- Former teammates
- Four seasons together in Dallas
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 3 of the 2026-27 season (Nov. 2-8).
Other nominees… West: Deni Avdija (POR), LaMelo Ball (MIN), Stephen Curry (GSW), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC), Austin Reaves (LAL) and Victor Wembanyama (SAS) East: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL), Giannis Antetokounmpo and Klay Thompson (MIA), Jaylen Brown (PHI) and