Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson has been named the NBA Jap Convention Coach of the Month for video games performed in October and November, the NBA introduced.
This marks the primary time Atkinson has earned Coach of the Month accolades in his profession. He’s additionally the eighth coach in Cavaliers historical past to win the award.
Atkinson led the Cavaliers to a 17-3 file in October/November, which was one of the best file within the NBA and helped safe 12 wins within the month of November alone, marking the second-most wins by the Cavs within the month of November in workforce historical past (13 wins in November in 2008). The Cavaliers began the 2024-25 marketing campaign with a franchise-best 15-0 file from October twenty third to November seventeenth, breaking the earlier mark to start out a season of 8-0 set in 1976-77. The Cavs 15-0 file additionally tied the 2nd-best begin to a season in NBA historical past, with Atkinson changing into the primary head coach in NBA historical past with an undefeated file by means of his first 15 video games with a brand new workforce. His 15-0 mark was additionally one of the best begin to a tenure with a workforce for any coach in NBA historical past, surpassing the earlier mark held by Lawrence Frank, who received his first 13 video games with the Nets from January twenty seventh to February twenty fourth, 2004. Cleveland’s 15-straight wins was additionally the longest profitable streak in franchise historical past.
Cleveland led the NBA in October and November in factors per recreation (122.4 PPG), area objective proportion (.511 FG%) and three-point proportion (.402 3FG%). The Cavaliers additionally ranked within the high 10 within the NBA in factors per recreation differential (third, +9.8), steals per recreation (seventh, 9.25 SPG), turnovers per recreation (Fifth-fewest, 13.1 TO), help to turnover ratio (third, 2.15) and defensive score (seventh, 112.2). Offensively, Cleveland scored at the least 110 factors in 18 of their 20 video games and scored 130 or extra factors six occasions, already setting the franchise file for video games with 130 or extra factors in a single season (surpassing the earlier file of 5 video games with 130 or extra factors in 2016-17). Atkinson and the Cavaliers completed the month of November with a 10-1 file at dwelling (2nd-best dwelling file within the NBA) and a 7-2 file on the street (T-2nd greatest street file within the NBA).
