{"id":198161,"date":"2021-02-02T22:14:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T21:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=198161"},"modified":"2021-02-02T22:14:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T21:14:32","slug":"lamelo-ball-tyrese-haliburton-named-kia-nba-rookies-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/lamelo-ball-tyrese-haliburton-named-kia-nba-rookies-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"LaMelo Ball, Tyrese Haliburton named Kia NBA Rookies of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and Sacramento Kings guard Tyrese Haliburton have been named the NBA Rookies of the Month for games played in December and January.<\/p>\n<p>Ball, the No. 3 overall pick, started his first game with Charlotte on Monday. He\u2019s averaging 12.2 points, 6.1 assists, 5.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals over his first 21 games in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>Haliburton, who was selected with the 12th overall pick, has been a spark for the young Kings this season with averages of 10.7 points, 5.4 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 28.8 minutes over his first 18 games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Kia NBA Rookies of the Month for December and January! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KiaROTM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KiaROTM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>West: Tyrese Haliburton (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SacramentoKings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SacramentoKings<\/a>)<br \/>\nEast: LaMelo Ball (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hornets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hornets<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3BYQj40png\">pic.twitter.com\/3BYQj40png<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1356702924538314756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">N<br \/>\nO<br \/>\nW<\/p>\n<p>P<br \/>\nR<br \/>\nE<br \/>\nS<br \/>\nE<br \/>\nN<br \/>\nT<br \/>\nI<br \/>\nN<br \/>\nG<\/p>\n<p>T<br \/>\nH<br \/>\nE<\/p>\n<p>-\u1d21\u1d07\ua731\u1d1b\u1d07\u0280\u0274 \u1d04\u1d0f\u0274\ua730\u1d07\u0280\u1d07\u0274\u1d04\u1d07-<br \/>\n\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0a\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc04 \ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc05 \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc04 \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc07<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TyHaliburton22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TyHaliburton22<\/a> \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3fzFU2XEVG\">pic.twitter.com\/3fzFU2XEVG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SacramentoKings\/status\/1356702441861906433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd7a\ud83c\udffd 243 Points<br \/>\n\ud83d\udef8 118 Rebounds<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc95 121 Assists<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd7a\ud83c\udffd 2 Double-Doubles<br \/>\n\ud83d\udef8 1 Triple-Double<\/p>\n<p>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA<\/a> Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MELOD1P?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MELOD1P<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllFly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AllFly<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAAllStar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAAllStar<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZMRCJpSZXV\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZMRCJpSZXV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YWQjYB3rAZ\">pic.twitter.com\/YWQjYB3rAZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hornets\/status\/1356701655312592896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two guards have been impressive over their first six-plus weeks in the 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