{"id":532613,"date":"2026-01-12T22:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/532613\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:24:13","slug":"avdija-nominated-for-nba-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/532613\/","title":{"rendered":"Avdija Nominated for NBA Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija couldn\u2019t capture his second consecutive NBA Western Conference Player of the Week award, but he was nominated for the honor again this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Avdija led the Blazers to an impressive 3-1 record this week by averaging 29.8 points (on 48% shooting), 5.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game. The production helped Portland defeat the Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets twice, before falling to the New York Knicks in a close game on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1b0o4x42 ls9zuh9\">Please help us send kids in need to see the Blazers play this March! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blazersedge.com\/trail-blazers-news\/107459\/portland-trail-blazers-schedule-tickets-donation-charity-charlotte-hornets-march-10-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s how!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The highlight of Avdija\u2019s week came on Wednesday during Portland\u2019s first win against the Rockets. In a 103-102 thriller, Avdija produced a season-high 41 points on 54.2% shooting from the field, while also going 13-15 from the free throw line. During the week\u2019s four games, Avdija shot 88.4% from the stripe on 10.8 attempts per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Denver Nuggets forward Peyton Watson won the Western Conference Player of the Week award. He averaged 24.5 points and 8 rebounds per game while shooting 70% on 3-pointers to help the Nuggets go 3-1. In the Eastern Conference, Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes won the award after averaging 22 points, 6.3 rebounds and 6 assists per game. The Raptors also went 3-1 on the week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Alongside Avdija, other Western Conference nominees included Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the Eastern Conference, nominees included New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland, Atlanta Hawks teammates Jalen Johnson and Dyson Daniels, and Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija couldn\u2019t capture his second consecutive NBA Western Conference Player of the Week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3784],"tags":[7,601,37660,6,687,471,3967,1617],"class_list":{"0":"post-532613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portland-trail-blazers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blazers","10":"tag-blazers-news","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-portland","13":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","14":"tag-portlandtrailblazers","15":"tag-trail-blazers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115884475368038029","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}