NEW YORK, Dec. 4 -- Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz, who stands just eight points away from passing Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain for second place on the NBA's all-time scoring list, today was named the NBA Player of the Month for games played in November.

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Malone led the Jazz to a 12-3 record, the second-best mark in the NBA, and a league-best 6-1 road record in November by averaging a team-high 23.6 points and 10.6 rebounds with 4.7 assists per game.

Malone led Utah in scoring in the Jazz's 12 victories, including a 35-point effort at Dallas and 31 points in Los Angeles versus the Clippers. During November, Malone led the Jazz in rebounding in 14 of 15 games, including a season-best 15 rebounds in a 98-92 home victory over Minnesota.

Other candidates for NBA Player of the Month were Boston's Antoine Walker, Charlotte's Jamal Mashburn, the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, New Jersey's Stephon Marbury, Philadelphia's Theo Ratliff, Phoenix's Jason Kidd and Shawn Marion, Portland's Rasheed Wallace, Sacramento's Chris Webber, Seattle's Gary Payton and Vancouver's Shareef Abdur-Rahim.