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NBA: Curry and DeRozan are players of the month

The NBA presented its January awards on Thursday. Players of the month were awarded to Stephen Curry and DeMar DeRozan.

DeRozan was second-best scorer at the Eastern Conference (25.3 points) in January and led his Raptors to a 10-5 record, which put them on top of the top-ranked Celtics. Right on the 1st. On 1 January, he achieved a new career record of 52 points and a franchise record at the same time.

The Warriors meanwhile won 10 out of 12 games and Curry was NBA top scorer in January with 29.5 points in this period. He also played 6.7 assists and scored efficiently (51.4 percent from the field, 46.3 percent from the three-line).

Meanwhile, the Rookies of the month were Ben Simmons (76ers) in the East and Donovan Mitchell (Jazz) in the West, Erik Spoelstra (Heat, East) and Terry Stotts (Blazers, West) were honored as Coaches of the Month.

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