The Cleveland Cavaliers? LeBron James and the Denver  Nuggets?  Carmelo  Anthony today were named the Eastern and Western Conference  Players of the Month presented by Kia Motors, respectively, for games played during October and November.

James  paced  the  Eastern  Conference in scoring (29.2 ppg), was second in assist  (8.0 apg) and added 6.7 rebounds per game, leading the Cavaliers to a  12-5  start.  James is one of only two players to record a triple-double this  season  (Rafer  Alston) after recording 23 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists  on  Oct.  28  at  Toronto.  With 38 points on Oct. 27, James set a franchise  record  for points in a season opener and with his seventh point became  the youngest player to score 13,000 (24 years, 301 days old). James was  named  the  Eastern  Conference  Player  of  the Week on Nov. 23 after averaging a league-high 34.3 points for the week and leading Cleveland to a 3-1 record.

Anthony  led  the  Nuggets  to  a  12-5 start, averaging a league-high 31.0 points  to go with 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals. Anthony scored 20  or  more points in each of the Nuggets? 17 games, setting the franchise record  for  consecutive  20-point  performances  to  start  a season (Alex English,  14). On Nov. 27, Anthony scored a career-high 50 points, becoming the  seventh  Nugget  to  score 50 or more points and the first since Allen Iverson  had  51  on Dec. 5, 2007. Anthony was named the Western Conference Player  of  the  Week  on  Nov.  2, after leading Denver to a 3-0 start and joined  Alex English as the only Nuggets to score 30 or more points in each of the first three games of a season.