Antawn Jamison, the forward of the Wizards has been announced the Eastern Conference Player of the week by NBA for the week that started from March 10th. He is currently playing his tenth professional season and this is his first honor in his career as the player of the week. Jamison has reached 37 double –doubles in his career last week and is behind only to Dwight Howard of Orlando in the total tally of double –doubles in Eastern Conference. He led the Washington Wizards with 23 points in the win against Milwaukee and made 17 points in the game against Cleveland.

The greatest achievement for Jamison was the win against the Los Angeles Clippers. He made a double- double effort for an overtime win, scoring 36 points for the team. Seven points out of 36 were made in the last 9.7 seconds of regulation time and six were made in the first couple of minutes of overtime. Wizards won the game 119-109. The electrifying performance of Jamison has made the Wizards to climb above the .500 mark after this February 5th. Philadelphia’s Andre Iguodala, Atlanta’s Joe Johnson, Cleveland’s LeBron James and Orlando’s Rashard Lewis are the other players who were nominated for the Eastern Conference player of the week award.

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