Cunningham's double-double lands him B3 League Player of the Week award

24-year old forward Christian Cunningham (201-F-97) put on an amazing game in the last round for Kagoshima and receives a Hoops Agents B3 League Player of the Week award for round 32.
He had a double-double of 27 points and 12 rebounds, while his team outclassed Toyoda (#13, 6-23) with 42-point margin 107-65. Kagoshima is placed at 3rd position in Japanese B3 League. They are still close to the very top. Kagoshima would have been even better if they kept winning the games like in the last round. They have a solid 20-5 record. In the team's last game Cunningham had a remarkable 85.7% from 2-point range. He turned to be Kagoshima's top player in his first season with the team. Christian Cunningham averages this season 17.2ppg and 9.1rpg.

Second best performed player last round was Kyle Richardson (200-PF-91) of Iwate. He is American forward in his first season at Iwate. In the last game Richardson recorded impressive double-double of 23 points and 18 rebounds. Bad luck as Iwate lost that game 66-74 to the lower-ranked Aisin AW (#8, 15-12). This loss caused Iwate to drop to 4th position in the standings. His team's 20-11 record is not bad at all. Richardson is a newcomer at Iwate and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 22.3ppg (#2). He also registered 11.4 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Jordan Faison (201-F-94) of Aisin AW (#8). Faison got into 30-points club by scoring 31 points in the last round. He went also for ten rebounds and four assists. He was a key player of Aisin AW, leading his team to a 74-66 win against the higher-ranked Iwate (#4, 20-11). Aisin AW needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 15 victories and 12 lost games. Faison has a great season in Japan. After 27 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 20.6ppg (7th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Ryan Watkins (206-C/F-91) of Saitama - 22 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Robert Sampson (203-F-92) of Yamaguchi - 26 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Marcus Dove (206-PF-85) of Aisin AW - 10 points, 25 rebounds and 4 assists
7. Nicholas Evans (210-C-88) of Yamaguchi - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 16 assists
8. Chris Olivier (202-F-92) of Okayama - 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
9. John Fields (205-F/C-88) of Tokyo HT - 21 points and 10 rebounds
10. Alexis Elsener (195-F-88) of Shizuoka - 21 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists

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 : CHRISTIAN CUNNINGHAM, KAGOSHIMA REBNISE, JAPANESE BASKETBALL