Kyrgyzstani Higher League round 6 best performance: Nazim Oruchkulov

Stas Lukonin

Forward Nazim Oruchkulov (200-F-04) had an amazing evening in the last round for second-ranked Gines-29, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 6.
The 16-year old player had a double-double of 15 points and 16 rebounds, while his team crushed Politekhnik (#5, 1-4) with 25-point margin 74-49. Gines-29 maintains the 2nd position in Kyrgyzstani Higher League. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Gines-29 already had a very good start winning all 5 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Oruchkulov had a remarkable 71.4% from 2-point range. He turned to be Gines-29's top player in his first season with the team. Nazim Oruchkulov has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (9th best: 16.6ppg) and averages impressive 1.6bpg and 56.9% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was 32-year old Stas Lukonin (206-C-88) of Legion. Lukonin had a very good evening with 25 points and 9 rebounds. Bad luck as Legion lost that game 50-58 to league's leader Alga (#1, 5-0). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Legion still maintains its place in the top 3 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team's 3-3 record is not bad at all. Lukonin is well-known at Legion and is a proven leader in his second season with the team.

Third on the list of top players last round was center Rustam Dzhangirov (C-96) of SHUM (#6). Dzhangirov scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Despite Dzhangirov's great performance SHUM lost 64-73 to Grizzly (1-4). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. SHUM can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 1-4 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Dzhangirov has individually a great season in Kyrgyzstan. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 10.5rpg (6th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Elkhan Malaev (PF-92) of Grizzly - 27 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Roman Gostishev (197-C/F-97) of Politekhnik - 13 points and 11 rebounds
6. Askat Bayanov (SF-87) of Grizzly - 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Tologon Arbaev (SF-92) of Grizzly - 9 points and 10 rebounds
8. Omurbek Atabekov (194-SF-98) of Politekhnik - 13 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Emil Kasymaliev (190-G-89) of Legion - 9 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Shakirzhan Kuranbaev (170-PG-84) of Gines-29 - 9 points, 3 rebounds and 5 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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