Kyrgyzstani Liga Forward round 17 best performance: Shakirzhan Kuranbaev (by Interperformances)

Shakirzhan Kuranbaev

Former international Guard Shakirzhan Kuranbaev (170-G-84) put on an amazing game in the last round for top-ranked Guiness-29, receiving a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 17.
The 35-year old player was the main contributor (44 points, seven rebounds and eight assists) to his team's victory, helping them to outclass Guiness-29 Jr. (#5, 5-8) with 41-point margin 99-58. It allowed Guiness-29 to consolidate first place in the Kyrgyzstani Liga Forward. Guiness-29 has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 12-1. In the team's last game Kuranbaev had a remarkable 68.8% from 2-point range and got six three-pointers out of 10 attempts. He has many years of experience at Guiness-29, through which he has constantly improved. Shakirzhan Kuranbaev has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (2nd best: 31.8ppg) and averages impressive 57.5% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was 29-year old Zhanysh Adiev (190-G-90) of league's second-best Moy Telefon. Adiev had a very good evening with a double-double of 32 points and 16 rebounds. Of course he led Moy Telefon to another comfortable win outscoring slightly lower-ranked Politekhnik (#4, 8-5) 80-59. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Moy Telefon consolidated its place in top 2 of the standings. His team lost just two games this season, while they won 11 matches. Adiev is one of the most experienced players at Moy Telefon and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 35.5ppg (#1). His other stats are also decent: 6.0rpg and 4.5apg.

Third on the list of top players last round was forward Elkhan Malaev (PF-92) of Grizzly (#7). Malaev scored 29 points and grabbed fifteen rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Grizzly, leading his team to a 80-67 easy win against slightly lower-ranked SHUM (#8, 1-13). Grizzly can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-12 record places them close to the bottom of the standings.Malaev has individually a great season in Kyrgyzstan. After 10 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 11.0rpg (6th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Evgenii Pekhov (198-F-92) of Guiness-29 - 13 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Arstan Urdaletov (192-PF-93) of SHUM - 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Omurbek Atabekov (194-SF-98) of Politekhnik - 11 points and 12 rebounds
7. Aman Abdykerim (202-F-94) of Guiness-29 - 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Askat Bayanov (SF-87) of Grizzly - 14 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Zhakshylyk Zhusupov) of Grizzly - 7 points and 9 rebounds
10. Nurbek Aydanbek (196-F-01) of Moy Telefon - 18 points, 7 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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