Doncic Earns Western Conference Player of the Week

The NBA selected Luka Doncic as its top weekly player in the West based on games played during Week 3 of the 2026-27 season, which ran from November 2 through November 8, 2026. The Lakers went 4-0 during the week, while Doncic played in three games.

He averaged 45 points, 8.3 assists, seven rebounds and 1.3 steals in those appearances, scoring at least 40 points in each. His week included a 53-point performance in his November 6 home victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, the highest single-game total in the NBA this season.

Doncic entered his November 9 road game against the Atlanta Hawks on a streak of four straight games with at least 40 points. Across nine games this season, he was averaging a league-leading 40.1 points, along with 7.8 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1.7 steals in 36 minutes per game.

He became the first player since Wilt Chamberlain in 1962-63 to average at least 40 points through the first nine games of a season. The weekly award was Doncic’s fifth as a Laker and the 20th of his career. In the Eastern Conference, the honor went to New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, Doncic’s former Dallas teammate from 2018 to 2022.