Damian Lillard has been named the Western Conference Player of the Week after averaging 28.3 points and 8.3 assists while leading the Portland Trail Blazers to a 3-0 record last week.
The Blazers returned home from a four-game trip to host Toronto on Monday, Chicago on Wednesday and Philadelphia on Saturday.
The Blazers won all three games with Lillard leading the way, shooting 43.3% from the field, including 39.3% from three-point range. He also made all 22 of his free throws.
Toronto: Lillard went 10 of 21 from the field and record 24 points and had eight assists during a 118-113 win over the Raptors.
Chicago: Lillard had 22 points and 10 assists, while shooting 6 of 18 from the field and 7 of 7 at the free-throw line during a 112-107 victory.
Philadelphia: Lillard scored a season-high 39 points on 10-of-21 shooting from the field. He also made all 14 of his free-throw attempts and had seven assists with three blocked shots. The Blazers won 118-111.
Lillard has now earned player of week honors 13 times in his career, the most in franchise history.
The All-Star point guard got off to a slow start shooting this season, but has started to find his shooting stroke as of late.
Through the first nine games of the season, Lillard shot 57 of 169 (30.1%) from the field and 18 of 85 (21.1%) from three-point range, while averaging 17.8 points per game. In his last seven outings — starting with the No. 6 win over the LA Lakers — Lillard is 64 of 141 from the field (45.4%), including 26 of 68 (38.2%) from three-point range, while averaging 26.4 points per game.
-- Aaron Fentress | afentress@Oregonian.com | @AaronJFentress (Twitter), @AaronJFentress (Instagram), @AaronFentress (Facebook).
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