Technically, Damian Lillard took home Player of the Week once in the month of January and once in the month of February.

Thus, he didn't earn the award twice out of the four weeks of January.

But still, here we are... Damian Lillard was not named Western Conference Player of the Month.

The NBA announced Tuesday that Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has been named NBA Western Conference Player of the Month for games played in January.

King James was given the honor, despite, Lillard averaging 34.1 points, 8.4 assists, and 5.1 rebounds for the month.

But, it's not just those averages that were impressive this last month.

Lillard also led his team to a winning record.

The Trail Blazers finished the month 8-7 after starting out the New Year with a 24-point loss to the lowly New York Knicks.

Lillard was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for the week ending January 26.

During that span, he averaged 52.7 points (53.4% FG, 57.4% 3-PT, 94.9% FT), 7.3 rebounds and 9.3 assists while guiding the Trail Blazers to a 2-1 record.

Lillard then continued his historic tear and took home back-to-back Western Conference Player of the Week honors after averaging 45.0 points (56.3% FG, 56.4% 3-PT, 88.5% FT), 7.0 rebounds and 11.0 assists the following week.

During that play in the last week of January, which went into the first week in February, Lillard led the Blazers to wins over the Rockets, Lakers and Jazz.

Not only has he been leading Portland to victories, he has been leading the NBA in general.

The nine-time Western Conference Player of the Week for his career, led the NBA in scoring and field goals made for games played from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, while also ranking second in assists and three-pointers made.

He led the NBA at the end of the month, so what gives??

Well, to start the month of January, LeBron James earned the Western Conference Player of the Week.

And for the month, James averaged 25.4 points (50.4 FG%), 8.1 rebounds, 10.4 assists and 1.4 steals.

But, he also led the Lakers to a 10-4 record in January, while recording double-digit assists in eight games, including a career-high-tying 19 assists against the Orlando Magic.

And, it wasn't like LeBron didn't finish out the month making an impact. He finished January with nine double-doubles, including three triple-doubles.

Trail Blazers fans are having a hard time grasping the NBA's decision to not go with Lillard though, and rightfully so when you look at all the numbers.

At least right now, Lillard is starting the month of February off with a Player of the Week award and doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon.

So, depending on how the rest of February plays out, it will be interesting to watch because anyone who knows how Lillard operates, knows that if he feels snubbed or feels slighted, he's going to go off even more than he had before.

Thus, the NBA better watch out.

Here are a few of the accomplishments Lillard has achieved in his impressive play of January:

-- First Trail Blazer in franchise history to score 40-plus points in three straight games, having put together 60, 47 and 50-point efforts.

-- First Trail Blazer in franchise history to score 50-plus points three times in one season.

-- Scored 30 or more points in seven straight games, a franchise record.

-- Scored the most points EVER by an NBA player on MLK Day with 54 points.

-- Scored a career-high 61 points vs. Golden State, which was also a franchise record.

-- First player in NBA history with 60 points and 10 threes in a game.

-- Joined James Harden, Tracy McGrady, David Robinson and Michael Jordan as the only players with 60 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a game since the NBA/ABA merger.

But surprisingly, he won't be adding Western Conference Player of the Month to that long list of recent achievements.

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