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It's been more like a week and a half since we last did this, but I figured I'd throw the Knicks' last two games into the equation for player of the week considerations. I'd usually spring for the week's highlights- Bill Walker's career game last night, Danilo Gallinari's huge second halves- but in our final edition of the T-Mobile award, we're sticking with stability. David Lee has been a rock this season, and save for a little hiccup against Dwight Howard and the Magic, Lee kept producing right up until the final buzzer. Check out his lines since we last did this:
FG 3PT FT Rebounds Misc Date Opponent Score GS Min M A Pct M A Pct M A Pct Off Def Tot Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts Apr 14 @ TOR L 113-131 1 32:54 8 17 47.1 0 0 N/A 3 3 100.0 6 5 11 5 5 1 1 4 19 Apr 12 WAS W 114-103 1 33:44 12 18 66.7 0 0 N/A 2 3 66.7 0 8 8 2 1 1 0 4 26 Apr 11 MIA L 98-111 1 35:31 11 18 61.1 0 0 N/A 4 4 100.0 2 4 6 5 2 1 1 3 26 Apr 9 @ ORL L 103-118 1 28:29 5 11 45.5 0 0 N/A 1 1 100.0 3 4 7 2 2 0 0 5 11 Apr 7 @ IND L 105-113 1 38:52 7 16 43.8 0 0 N/A 2 3 66.7 4 12 16 1 3 0 0 3 16
Again, the limited minutes and team-wide suck in Orlando hurt Lee's stats, but he was typically brilliant for the rest of this stretch. 20-ish points, ample rebounds (not his best week in that regard, but we'll blame that on The Aristocrat), and a smattering of assists, just for the hell of it. I could've picked Lee pretty much any week this season. He's been that consistent. Considering that it may have been his last week or so as a Knick, David Lee gets the nod for yet another rock solid stretch in a breakout season.