MIAMI, Nov. 27 – The NBA announced today that Miami HEAT guard Goran Dragic was
named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday,
November 20 through Sunday, November 26. It is the third time Dragic has been
named Player of the Week, the first time in the Eastern Conference, in his
career and the 56th time in franchise history a HEAT player has earned the
honors.
Dragic led the HEAT to a perfect 3-0 record for the week, averaging 23.7 points,
4.3 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.00 steals while shooting 52.4 percent (22-of-42)
from the field, 57.9 percent (11-of-19) from three-point range and 84.2 percent
(16-of-19) from the foul line. He led the team in points and steals twice and in
assists and minutes once each. He scored at least 20 points in each contest,
including a game-high 27 points in a victory against Boston, snapping their
16-game win streak. He also moved into the HEAT’s all-time top 10 assist leaders
list with his 1,063rd dish as a member of the HEAT this week after previously
recording his 1,000th assist in just his 176th game with Miami, the fifth-fewest
number of games needed to achieve the feat in team history. Dragic started the
season scoring at least 17 points in the first eight games of the season, the
third-longest such streak in franchise history to begin a campaign as he also
connected on at least one three-point field goal in each of the season’s first
14 games, a new career-best mark. Additionally, he has led the team in scoring
and assists a team-high eight times each this season.
Dragic led off the week with a game-high 27 points as he paired with Dion
Waiters (26 points) to become the first pair of HEAT starting backcourt
teammates to each post at least 26 points in the same game since 2009, helping
Miami end Boston’s 16-game win streak with a, 104-98, victory. He then added 20
points while dishing out six assists, including shooting 5-of-8 from three-point
range, in a, 109-97, win at Minnesota. In that game, Dragic, along with Wayne
Ellington (6-of-9), became just the 14th pair of Miami teammates to each connect
on at least five treys in the same game. He ended the week with a game-high 24
points in a, 100-93, victory at Chicago to help give the HEAT a season-long
three-game win streak.
Player: Goran Dragic
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