{"id":694751,"date":"2026-04-02T22:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/694751\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T22:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:24:17","slug":"luka-doncic-jalen-johnson-named-march-nba-players-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/694751\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Don\u010di\u0107, Jalen Johnson Named March NBA Players Of The Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers guard <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/doncilu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=dallashoopsjournal.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-02_bbr\">Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/a> and Atlanta Hawks small forward <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsja05.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=dallashoopsjournal.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-02_bbr\">Jalen Johnson<\/a> have been named the Kia NBA Players of the Month for games played in March.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u010di\u0107 averaged 37.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game in March. The Lakers went 14-2 with the superstar in the lineup. Don\u010di\u0107 missed one game because of a suspension. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Johnson averaged 22.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game last month. The Hawks went 11-2 with the swingman in the lineup. <\/p>\n<p>Don\u010di\u0107 leads the NBA in points and points per game. He\u2019s averaging 33.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.3 assists per game in his first full season with the Lakers, who acquired the future Hall of Famer from the Dallas Mavericks last season. Los Angeles is in third place in the West. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson is averaging 22.8 points, 10.3 rebounds and 8.1 assists per contest for the Hawks, who are in fifth place in the East. <\/p>\n<p>Don\u010di\u0107 and Johnson were named All-Stars this season. Both players are still searching for their first NBA championships. <\/p>\n<p>With the Mavericks and Lakers, Don\u010di\u0107 holds career averages of 29.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game, while Johnson has career averages of 14.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per contest with the Hawks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Don\u010di\u0107 and Atlanta Hawks small forward Jalen Johnson have been named the Kia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,677,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-694751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-hawks","10":"tag-atlantahawks","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-hawks","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116337460762270218","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694751","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=694751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}