Chauncey Gets Player Of the Week Honors
After a slow start to the season, Denver Nuggets point guard Chauncey Billups has caught fire and has been smoking hot the last week.
Billups was recognized as the Western Conference Player of the Week (Dwayne Wade was chosen Eastern Conference Player of the Week). Billups led the Nuggets to a 3-0 start after averaging 25.3 points on .639 shooting to go along with 6.3 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals. He also shot .846 from behind the arc.