Make California Post a Preferred Source ATLANTA — The NBA formally honored Luka Dončić for his play last week.
The league announced that the Lakers superstar was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played for Week 3 of the 2026-27 season, which spanned from Nov. 2-Sunday.
Dončić averaged 45 points, 8.3 assists, 7 rebounds and 1.3 steals in the three games he played in that stretch, with the Lakers going 4-0 in the week.
The Slovenian guard scored at least 40 points in each game over the last week.
He scored an NBA-season-high 53 points in Friday’s home win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Dončić entered Monday’s road matchup against the Hawks having scored at least 40 points in four consecutive games.
The weekly honor marks his fifth as a Laker and the 20th such award of his career.
Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, who was Dončić’s former teammate in Dallas from 2018-22, won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
Dončić is averaging a league-best 40.1 points to go with 7.8 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1.7 steals in 36.0 minutes in nine total games this season.
He’s the first player since Wilt Chamberlain (1962-63) to average at least 40 points through his first nine games of a season.
