On January 5, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the East and West Player of the Month in December this season, Embiid and Mitchell were elected respectively, and James and Durant were both 30+ per game.
Eastern Conference Best of the Month – Philadelphia star Embiid
Throughout December, Embiid played in 13 games for Philadelphia, with Changi scoring 29.2 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists, and eight double-doubles, including 43 points and 15 rebounds in the away Game Hornets; Philadelphia is currently in sixth place in the East with 20 wins and 16 losses.
Embiid was elected for the first time this season and won the Eastern Conference Best of the Month for the third time in his career, the last time he won the Best of the Month in January 2021, and the award again after a year.
Durant played in 8 games for the Nets in December, during which the record was 6-2, in these 8 games, Durant averaged 33.1 points per game (the league's first), 8.6 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.4 blocks, shooting 49.5%, shooting 36.4% from three-point range, and shooting 91.7% from the free throw line; Durant averaged 33+ per game and still regrettably lost.
Western Conference Of the Month – Jazz star Mitchell
Throughout December, Mitchell averaged 30.2 points and 5 assists per game, shooting 50.2%, 37.7% and 87% from the field, the Jazz 10-2, 6 single-game 30+ in a single month, the Jazz had a total of 12 wins and 2 losses in December; the Jazz currently rank third in the West with 27 wins and 10 losses.
Mitchell won the Western Conference Of the Month for the first time in his career, and the Jazz officially congratulated Mitchell for the first time
Throughout December, James played in 14 games, averaging 38.7 minutes per game, able to bomb 30.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.4 blocks, shooting 55.5%, shooting 43.4% from three-point range, averaging 3 three-pointers per game; 37-year-old James had 30+ in 7 consecutive games, during which he averaged 36.0 points, 10.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game, regrettably missing the Western Conference's best of the month.
Eastern Conference nominees: Durant, Alphabet Brother, DeRozan, Garland, Lowry and VanVleet
Western Conference nominees: James, Curry and Alexander