Nets forward Mikal Bridges was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week on Monday after leading Brooklyn to three straight wins.

Bridges averaged 33.0 points on 50 percent shooting from the field and 45.5 percent from three with 5.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in the three victories, including a 42-point performance against the Atlanta Hawks on March 31.

It was Bridges' second 40-point game of the month, after scoring 44 points on March 26 against the Orlando Magic, and his third since being acquired from the Phoenix Suns in the Kevin Durant trade.

Over the last six games, Bridges has been a scoring machine with games of 32, 27, 44, 27, 42 and 30 points. The Nets are 4-2 in those games and have turned things around after suffering a five-game losing streak from March 14 through March 23.

Brooklyn is now 43-35 on the season (10-13 since trading for Bridges) and currently the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference standings with just four games remaining in the regular season. They are up two games on the No. 7 seed Miami Heat and have a strong chance of avoiding the NBA Play-In Tournament, which includes teams that finish the season seventh to tenth in the standings.

Additionally, Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis was named Western Conference Player of the Week after leading LA to three wins and averaging monster numbers of 38.7 points on 65.2 percent shooting and 11.7 rebounds per game.

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