Curry, DeRozan earn Player of the Week honors
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Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors captured NBA Player of the Week honors Monday in the Western and Eastern Conferences, respectively.
Curry has averaged 36 points a game since returning from an ankle injury Dec. 30, hitting 28 treys over a four-game span.
It's DeRozan's third East Player of the Week honor this season. He dropped a career- and franchise-high 52 points on New Year's Day against the Milwaukee Bucks, and averaged 35.7 points on a blistering 55 percent 3-point shooting clip in three wins last week.
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