After a monster week that saw the Hawks sweep a four-game Western Conference road trip, the team’s star forward took home a major award for the first time in his young career. This afternoon, Jalen Johnson was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week:
Johnson averaged 24 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists and three steals per game while shooting 60% from the field, 57% from three, and 78% from the free throw line. He powered the Hawks to four wins in the past week to push their record to 9-5, placing them right in the thick of the battle near the top of the Eastern Conference.
In one game in particular, he detonated on the Utah Jazz, putting up a 31-point, 18-rebound, 14-assist, 7-steal performance [that had never been done in NBA history](https://x.com/bloghawk/status/1989188594989515047?s=20), regular season or playoffs.
The award for Johnson is the first of this kind in his career. Congrats to the young man for this achievement!