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The NBA has named Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic as Player of the Week for the Western Conference. Russell Westbrook was named Player of the Week for the Western Conference.
NBA Players of Week 20: Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic and Wizards guard Russell Westbrook.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 10, 2021
Bogdanovic has been a revelation recently leading the Jazz to a 5-game winning streak that has helped the Jazz hold strong to the #1 record in the Western Conference. That win streak included a big win against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets where he scored a career high 48 points, and hit 8/11 threes, to take the Jazz over the top.
The respective POTW cases for Utah's Bojan Bogdanovic and Washington's Russell Westbrook, who tied Oscar Robertson for the league's all-time lead in career triple-doubles (181): pic.twitter.com/Iu4fljrl4o
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 10, 2021
Bogdanovic has been on a tear for about a month now and it’s one of the most under-the-radar developments in the league. If he can keep this up as the 3rd option for the Utah Jazz when they enter the playoffs they could make some serious noise. The noise they would have made in the playoffs last season.