Curry, Harris earn NBA Player of the Week honors for Dec. 28-Jan. 3

The NBA announced its Player of the Week in each conference for Dec. 28-Jan. 3.

Fresh off his career-high 62-point performance in a win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry earned the honor for the Western Conference. In the last week, the former MVP averaged 39.7 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game. The Warriors went 2-1 in that span.

As the Philadelphia 76ers have gotten off to a hot start, so has Tobias Harris, who received the award for the Eastern Conference. With Philadelphia going 3-0, the talented forward scored 23.3 points, pulled down 9.7 rebounds and shot 57.1 percent from the field.

Here were the other nominees for Player of the Week in each conference.

West: Mike Conley (UTA), Paul George (LAC), LeBron James (LAL), Nikola Jokić (DEN) and Damian Lillard (POR). 
 
East: Jaylen Brown (BOS), Zach LaVine (CHI), Julius Randle (NYK), Collin Sexton (CLE) and Jayson Tatum (BOS).