NBA rookie Brandon Jennings and Dirk Nowitzki were named the NBA players of the week honors for week ending November 15, 2009.

Milwaukee Bucks rookie Brandon Jennings won the weekly honor for the Eastern Conference after he led the Bucks to 2-0 record for the week, and have won four straight.

Jennings made headlines this past week by scoring 55 points on Saturday in a win over the Golden State Warriors. Before that he scored 32 points in a win over the Denver Nuggets.

For the two games, Jennings averaged 43.5 points, 7 assists, 4.5 rebounds, hitting 60.4% of his shots (32-53), and 9-10 three point attempts.

Dirk Nowitzki received the Western Conference Player of the Week after averaging 24.3 points ad 8.8 rebounds after the Mavericks won three of four games.

Nowitzki also averaged 3.0 assists, 1.8 blocks and went 26-of-27 from the free-throw line in defeating Houston, Minnesota and Detroit. It is the 11th time that Nowitzki has won the NBA player of the week honor.

The two will meet tonight when the Dallas Mavericks visits the Milwaukee Bucks at 7 p.m.