Two players in the league's top teams - LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors - were on Thursday named Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for matches played in February.

James, a four-time Most Valuable Player, led the East in scoring, averaging 24.8 points a game. He was tied for the second-best in assists with an average of 7.3 assists per game to guid3 the Cavs to an 8-5 performance last month.

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James added 7.4 boards and 1.7 steals, while going 49.6 percent accurate from the field. Cleveland's all-time scoring leader joined Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder as the only players to average at least 20.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 7.0 assist in February.

The two-time NBA Finals MVP registered four double-doubles and carved his first triple-double of the season with 21 points, 10 boards and 10 assist on February 8 in the Cav's 120-100 triumph over the Sacramento Kings.

Meanwhile, Curry, the current MVP of the league and NBA's ruling 2015-16 regular season points leader, led the defending champion to a 9-1 record with a league-high 36.7 points - the highest scoring average in a calendar month (minimum 10 games) since Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant's  40.4 points recorded on March 2007.

Curry averaged 7.3 assist and 5.6 rebounds while hitting 54.9 percent from the floor and 53.6 percent accurate from beyond the arc region. In the month of February, he registered two games with 50-point productions and tied the league's record of 12 three-pointers made in a single game.

The six-year veteran guard also became the first NBA player to make at least 10 three-pointers in back-to-back contests. During the month, Curry broke his own single-season record for threes (he has now hit 288) and set the record for consecutive games with a three-pointer (now at 129).

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