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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nDenver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell have been named the NBA Players of the Week for Week 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nikola Jokic erupts for 40 points, 27 rebounds and 10 assists to power Denver’s win against Charlotte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reigning back-to-back Kia NBA MVP averaged 36.0 points, 17.3 rebounds and 8.7 assists during a 2-1 week for Denver. Jokic made history on Sunday vs. Charlotte<\/a> with a 40-point, 27-rebound, 10-assist triple-double. The 6-foot-11 center is averaging 25.2 points, 10.9 rebounds and 9.0 assists for the season. The Nuggets (18-11) are currently tied for 2nd in the Western Conference standings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Donovan Mitchell | Cleveland Cavaliers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Donovan Mitchell scored 41 points in Cleveland’s win over Indiana on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The dynamic guard led Cleveland to a 3-1 week with averages of 32.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists. His week was highlighted by a 41-point performance in a win over the Pacers<\/a>, his second game with 40-plus points this month. The Cavaliers (20-11) are currently 3rd place in the Eastern Conference standings<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" El 2 veces MVP de Kia de Denver y el escolta All-Star de Cleveland se llevan a casa los honores de la Semana 9. El centro de los Denver Nuggets, Nikola Jokic, y el escolta de los Cleveland Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell, han sido nombrados Jugadores de la Semana de la NBA para la Semana 9. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sportseco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jokic-mitchell-potw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137567"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137570,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137567\/revisions\/137570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/137568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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