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Raptors’ Leonard and Nurse notch NBA honours

It turned into an honour-filled Monday for the Toronto Raptors organization.

Head coach Nick Nurse was named the NBA’s Eastern Conference coach of the month for October-November, Kawhi Leonard was the East’s player of the week and Chris Boucher was the G League’s player of the week.

Kawhi Leonard of the league-leading Toronto Raptors was the NBAu2019s player of the week after averaging 29.3 points a game.
Kawhi Leonard of the league-leading Toronto Raptors was the NBA’s player of the week after averaging 29.3 points a game.

Nurse, in his first full-time stint as an NBA coach, led Toronto to a franchise-best 20-4 start including eight wins in a row heading into Monday’s game with the Denver Nuggets.