Jaren Jackson Jr named Western Conf. Player of the Week
Jackson Jr. Guided Grizzlies to 4-0 Record to Earn First Career Weekly Award
Memphis, Tenn. – The NBA today (1/27) announced that Memphis Grizzlies forward/center Jaren Jackson Jr. was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, January 20, through Sunday, January 26.
This marks the first career Player of the Week award for Jackson Jr., who guided Memphis to a 4-0 record with averages of 25.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 blocks in 31.2 minutes. The Grizzlies were the only NBA team to go 4-0 this week, extending the NBA’s longest active winning streak to six games and tying the team’s longest winning streak of the season.
Memphis takes on the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden on Monday night. Pregame and play-by-play begins at 6:00 p.m. on 92.9 FM ESPN:
Memphis swept a four-game home stand this week with victories over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Charlotte Hornets, New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz. The Grizzlies won those games by an average of 12.3 points with Jackson Jr. placing second in the league in total points in the paint (56) over that span.
Jackson Jr. led the West in plus-minus per game (+17.5) and ranked third in the NBA in net rating (+24.6) among players who averaged at least 25 minutes per game (behind only teammates Jaylen Wells and Ja Morant). The 25-year-old scored at least 20 points and shot 50 percent or better in all four games, recorded his fourth double-double of the season in the Grizzlies’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Game victory on January 20 vs. Minnesota and tied a career high with seven assists in a win on January 24 vs. New Orleans.
Jackson Jr., who earlier this month was named the Western Conference Defensive Player of the Month for December, is scoring a career-high 22.9 points per game as the leading scorer for the Grizzlies, the NBA’s highest scoring offense (123.7 points). Memphis, currently third in the West, also leads the league in field goals and free throws made and ranks second in rebounds and assists, third in blocks, fifth in field goal percentage and seventh in 3-point field goal percentage.
