Newkirk's 32-point game gives him Player of the Week award

26-year old point guard Shavar Newkirk (179-PG-1996) put on an amazing game in the last round for NSH and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 17.
He had the game-high 32 points adding seven rebounds and three assists for NSH as his team lost the game against Pelita Jaya (#4, 7-2) 79-84. NSH maintains the 13th position in Indonesian league. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked such low. They already lost 7 games and recorded just two victories. In the team's last game Newkirk had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be NSH's top player in his first season with the team. Shavar Newkirk averages this season 16.7ppg.

Second best performed player last round was Dominique Sutton (193-G/F-1986) of Pelita Jaya. He is American swingman in his first season at Pelita Jaya. In the last game Sutton recorded impressive double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds. It was enough for Pelita Jaya to edge the lower-ranked NSH (#13, 2-7) by 5 points 84-79. This victory allowed Pelita Jaya to move up to 4th position in the standings. His team's 7-2 record is not bad at all. Sutton is one of the most experienced players at Pelita Jaya and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to Brandone Francis (194-SF-1994) of league's second-best Prawira. Francis scored 24 points and grabbed five rebounds. He was a key player of Prawira, leading his team to a 77-57 easy win against the lower-ranked Satya Wacana (#16, 1-9). Prawira is closer and closer to top of the standings. They will still need more victories. But 8-1 record is not that bad... Francis has a great season in Indonesia. After only 8 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 26.4ppg (best scorer).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Anthony Allen (210-C-1992) of Tangerang - 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Elijah Foster (197-F-1996) of Satria Muda - 17 points and 14 rebounds
6. Morakinyo Williams (209-C-1988) of Pacific Caesar - 16 points and 8 rebounds
7. David Haye (183-C-1994) of Evos Bogor - 14 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists
8. Andre Rorimpandey (177-G-1996) of NSH - 12 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Yudha Saputera (176-PG-1998) of Prawira - 19 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Jarrid Famous (209-C/F-1988) of NSH - 18 points and 4 rebounds

The Player of the week is selected based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.
The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.
The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

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Tags : SHAVAR NEWKIRK, NSH MOUNTAIN GOLD TIMIKA, INDONESIAN BASKETBALL