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

- December 3, 2025

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

LJ Peak

LJ Peak

29-year old American swingman LJ Peak (196-F/G-1996) had a great game in the last round for Tachikawa Dice and receives a Hoops Agents B3 League Player of the Week award for round 19.
He had a double-double of 33 points and 10 rebounds, while his team crushed Gifu (#8, 9-9) with 20-point margin 87-67. Dice is placed at 5th position in Japanese B3 League. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Tachikawa will need more victories to improve their 12-6 record. In the team's last game Peak had a remarkable 58.3% from 2-point range and got five three-pointers out of 8 attempts. He turned to be Dice's top player in his first season with the team. Georgetown University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Peak is league's best scorer averaging so far 23.1ppg. Peak is in league's top in and averages solid 68.5% FGP and 42.6% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Devin Oliver (203-PF-1992) of Saitama Broncos. He is American forward in his first season at Saitama. In the last game Oliver recorded an impressive 27 points and 7 rebounds. Of course Broncos cruised to a 73-62 relatively comfortable win over the lower-ranked Veertien Mie (#15, 3-15). Saitama's 7th position in the standings has not changed. His team lost some distance to top teams. But a 11-7 record is not bad and everything may still change. Oliver is a newcomer at Saitama and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.3ppg (#7). His other stats are also decent: 7.9rpg and 3.2apg.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Victor Hart (203-F-2001) of Shinagawa City Basketball Club (#12). Hart showcased his all-around game by recording 24 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in the last round. He was a key player of Shinagawa, leading his team to a 91-84 win against the higher-ranked Shanan Utd (#9, 9-9). Shinagawa can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 5-13 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Hart has individually a great season in Japan. After 13 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 22.4ppg (2nd best), rebounds with 10.5rpg (4th best) and assists with 4.0apg (8th best). He also has 2.7spg, 1.3bpg and a FGP of 54.2%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Even Brauns (206-C-2002) of Yamaguchi - 24 points and 9 rebounds
5. Jacob Polakovich (208-C-2000) of Shanan Utd - 17 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Trent Buttrick (206-F-1998) of Saitama - 18 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Donovan Clay (203-G/F-2001) of Tokyo HT - 18 points and 9 rebounds
8. Hyrum Harris (204-F-1996) of Kanazawa - 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Eugene Phelps (198-F-1990) of Niigata A. - 19 points and 9 rebounds
10. Christian Cunningham (201-F-1997) of Shanan Utd - 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 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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