Kazakhstan Higher League round 24 best performance: Berik Zulharnai (by Hoops Agents)

Andrey Portnyagin

Guard Berik Zulharnai (183-G-1994) had a great game in the last round for Jambyl, receiving a Hoops Agents Higher League Player of the Week award for round 24.
The 27-year old player was the main contributor (30 points, nine rebounds and three assists) to his team's victory, helping them to edge out Irtysh (#6, 8-14) 110-106. Jambyl maintains the 7th position in Kazakhstan Higher League. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked such low. They already lost 17 games and recorded just five victories. Zulharnai has many years of experience at Jambyl, through which he has constantly improved. Berik Zulharnai has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (5th best: 17.5ppg).

The second best player in last round's games was another Jambyl's star - young Andrey Portnyagin (181-G-1994). Portnyagin had a very good evening with a double-double of 37 points and 10 rebounds. It was enough for Jambyl to edge slightly higher-ranked Irtysh (#6, 8-14) 110-106. Jambyl's 7th position in the standings has not changed. 17 lost games are too many comparing to just five victories Jambyl managed to get this year. Portnyagin is one of the most experienced players at Jambyl and similarly like Berik Zulharnai has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 21.0ppg (#3). His other stats are also decent: 7.4rpg and 4.0apg.

Third on the list of top players last round was guard Vladislav Isaenko (193-G-2004) of Namys (#8). Isaenko showcased his all-around game by recording 20 points, six rebounds and four assists in the last round. He was a key player of Namys, leading his team to a 88-60 easy win against slightly lower-ranked Astana-2 (#10, 2-20). Isaenko has individually a great season in Kazakhstan. After 22 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 9.7rpg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Eset Zharkylov (195-F/G-1998) of Qazaqstan - 14 points and 13 rebounds
5. Amirali Suleimenov (190-G-2003) of Irtysh - 28 points and 7 rebounds
6. Ilkhan Agaliev (192-F-1998) of Jambyl - 16 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Timur Snegirev (186-G-2004) of Namys - 12 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists
8. Dias Katarbay (183-SG-2001) of Karaganda - 23 points
9. Temirlan Dzhunusov (192-G/F-1999) of Qazaqstan - 27 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Aymergen Almakhun (185-G-2004) of Namys - 19 points and 5 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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