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0 In the latest news from the world of basketball, Kevin Durant and Joel Embiid have been named the NBA Players of the Week for Week 13 of the 2023-24 season. Both players put up some impressive numbers in the week gone by, with Durant, the Phoenix Suns forward, averaging 31.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game, this is Kevin Durants 32nd time winning player of the week, third in NBA history. On the other hand, Embiid, the Philadelphia 76ers center, posted an average of 37.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 5.0 assists per game in the Eastern Conference, the third time this season the 76ers big man took home this award. Both of them led their teams to undefeated records in the week, with the Suns going 3-0 and the Sixers posting a 4-0 record.
This is not the first time that these players have been recognized for their performances this season. In Week 9, Embiid was named the East Player of the Week, and in Week 8, Durant received the same honor in the West. As for the previous weeks of the current season, Lauri Markkanen and Bam Adebayo were named the Players of the Week in Week 12, Alperen Sengun and Jalen Brunson in Week 11, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton in Week 10, and Ja Morant and Joel Embiid in Week 9. The list goes on, with other notable players like Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Devin Booker, and Stephen Curry receiving the award in the previous weeks of the season.
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