Kazakhstan National League round 14 best performance: Dmitry Sviridov

Dmitry Sviridov

Uzbekistani Center Dmitry Sviridov (212-C-85) had a great game in the last round for Sinegorie K., receiving a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 14.
The 34-year old player had a double-double of 24 points and 13 rebounds, while his team The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Sinegorie K. maintains the 4th position in Kazakhstan National League. Sinegorie K. is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. But it was their 10th lost game this season out of 16 games. In the team's last game Sviridov had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range. It was one of impressive evenings for him as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Dmitry Sviridov has solid league stats. He is in league's top in rebounds (9th best: 5.6rpg) and averages impressive 51.7% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was 29-year old American Ryan Cook (191-G-90) of league's second-best Barsy Atyrau. Cook had a very good evening with 25 points and 7 rebounds. Of course he led Barsy Atyrau to another comfortable win 76-62 over slightly lower-ranked Sinegorie K. (#4, 6-10) being unquestionably team leader. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Barsy Atyrau consolidated its place in top 2 of the standings. His team's 13-5 record is not bad at all. Cook is a newcomer at Barsy Atyrau, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 14.1ppg (#4). His other stats are also decent: 5.3rpg and 3.8apg. Former University of Maryland - Baltimore County star Cook is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered top international summer league in the market.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Barsy Atyrau's star - center Vladimir Ivanov (205-C-94). Ivanov showcased his all-around game by recording 17 points, ten rebounds and four assists in the last round. He was another key player of Barsy Atyrau, helping his team with a 81-74 win against #4 ranked Sinegorie K.. Barsy Atyrau needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 13 victories and 5 lost games. Ivanov has a great season in Kazakhstan. After 16 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 11.8ppg (9th best) and rebounds with 7.8rpg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. C.J. Carter (185-G-93) of Barsy Atyrau - 22 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Stanislav Rovovoy (196-F-92) of Sinegorie K. - 13 points and 7 rebounds
6. Rustam Utegen (191-SG-96) of Barsy Atyrau - 12 points and 5 rebounds
7. Askar Akhmetzhan (98) of Barsy Atyrau - 5 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Ruslan Chernyavskiy (182-F-97) of Sinegorie K. - 8 points and 3 assists
9. Roman Lagutin (195-G-95) of Sinegorie K. - 14 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Vadim Korzhov (178-PG-97) of Sinegorie K. - 6 points, 2 rebounds and 7 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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