Nalogov's double-double lands him Higher League Player of the Week award

Maksim Nalogov

27-year old power forward Maksim Nalogov (198-F/C-94) had an amazing evening in the last round for second-ranked Bars and receives a Hoops Agents Higher League Player of the Week award for round 11.
He had a double-double of 27 points and 16 rebounds, while his team outclassed Irtysh (#5, 7-6) with 28-point margin 91-63. Bars maintains the 2nd position in Kazakhstan Higher League. Bars has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 11-1. In the team's last game Nalogov had a remarkable 61.5% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Bars, through which he has constantly improved. Nalogov has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (4th best: 20.1ppg) and averages solid 1.4bpg and 58.2% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Ilkhan Agaliev (192-F-98) of Jambyl. He is a forward in his first season at Jambyl. In the last game Agaliev recorded impressive double-double of 38 points and 11 rebounds. Bad luck as Jambyl lost that game 95-119 to the higher-ranked Barsy 2 (#4, 8-5). Jambyl managed to keep the same 7th spot in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 4-9 record. Agaliev is a newcomer at Jambyl and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Aleksei Vereshagin (200-F-92) of Shymkent (#3). Vereshagin got into 30-points club by scoring 31 points in the last round. He went also for eight rebounds . He was a key player of Kazygurt, leading his team to a 93-46 easy win against Astana-2 (#10, 0-11). Many experts and fans count Kazygurt as a contender for championship title. Another victory and another confirmation that they may be right. Just look at their record: 10 victories and only one lost game. Vereshagin has a great season in Kazakhstan. After 12 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 19.7ppg (5th best) and rebounds with 8.7rpg (7th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Rahat Tauken (185-F-02) of Barsy 2 - 33 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Berik Zulharnai (183-G-94) of Jambyl - 31 points and 5 rebounds
6. Temirlan Dzhunusov (192-G/F-99) of Qazaqstan - 21 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Konstantin Teryukov (181-G) of Karaganda - 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Artem Kozyrkin (185-G-98) of Bars - 22 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists
9. Sergey Kalachikov (195-F-03) of Jambyl - 17 points and 19 rebounds
10. Zhalgasbek Kadyr (180-PG-97) of Kazygurt - 15 points, 9 rebounds and 8 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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