Adiev's 34-point game gives him Player of the Week award

Stas Lukonin

30-year old guard Baish Adiev (192-G-90) had an amazing evening in the last round for Legion and receives a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 11.
He had the game-high 34 points adding three rebounds and five assists for Legion in his team's victory, helping them to crush SHUM (#6, 2-8) with 24-point margin 83-59. Legion maintains the 4th position in Kyrgyzstani league. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Legion will need more victories to improve their 6-4 record. In the team's last game Adiev had a remarkable 83.3% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 9 attempts. He turned to be Legion's top player in his first season with the team. Adiev has impressive league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 24.0ppg. Adiev is in league's top in assists (6th best: 3.6apg) and averages solid 2.5spg.

Second best performed player last round was Elkhan Malaev (PF-92) of Grizzly. He is a forward in his 4th season at Grizzly. In the last game Malaev recorded impressive 41 points and 5 rebounds. Bad luck as Grizzly was edged by slightly higher-ranked Politekhnik (#5, 2-7) 80-79. Grizzly managed to keep the same 7th spot in the standings. 8 lost games are too many comparing to just one victory Grizzly managed to get this year. Malaev is one of the most experienced players at Grizzly and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 22.3ppg (#3). He also registered 8.8 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to another Legion's star - center Stas Lukonin (206-C-88). Lukonin showcased his all-around game by recording 21 points, eighteen rebounds (!!!) and four assists in the last round. He was another key player of Legion, helping his team with a 83-59 easy win against slightly lower-ranked SHUM (#6, 2-8). Legion needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 6 victories and 4 lost games. Lukonin has a great season in Kyrgyzstan. After only 8 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.8ppg (7th best) and rebounds with 10.6rpg (6th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Evgenii Pekhov (198-F-92) of Gines-29 Jr. - 16 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Aman Abdykerim (202-PF-94) of Gines-29 Jr. - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Nurbek Aydanbek (196-F-01) of Alga - 26 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Aleksandr Titarenko (197-SF-86) of Legion - 10 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Roman Gostishev (197-C/F-97) of Politekhnik - 13 points and 18 rebounds
9. Kiril Bloshinskiy (199-C-01) of Politekhnik - 13 points and 11 rebounds
10. Kamil Maseitov (G-02) of SHUM - 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 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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