NBA

• James, Westbrook take home NBA weekly honors

  
  

  New York, NY (Sports Network) - Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for the period ending February 7.

  James led the league in scoring with 35.0 points per game, as the Cavaliers went 3-0. On Saturday, James set a franchise record by scoring 35 points in the first half of a win over New York. He also tied a career-high with 15 assists in a victory over Memphis on February 2.

  This is James' fifth weekly award this season.

  Westbrook averaged 19.7 points, 9.7 assists, 8.0 rebounds and 3.3 steals in a week where the Thunder went 3-0. In a win against Golden State on Saturday, Westbrook nearly had a quadruple-double with 21 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and a career-high eight steals.

  The second-year guard notched his first weekly award of the year and is the second consecutive Oklahoma City player to win the award, as Kevin Durant captured the honors last week.

  Other nominees for the awards included Atlanta's Joe Johnson, Boston's Rajon Rondo,Charlotte'sStephen Jackson,Durant, Orlando's Dwight Howard, Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala, Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire and Utah's Andrei Kirilenko and Deron Williams.

  02/09 00:27:12 ET