Best players of Kyrgyzstani Higher League round 13 (by Interperformances)

Zhanysh Adiev

Experienced Askat Bayanov (SF-87) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Grizzly and that's him to receive a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 13.
The 33-year old had a double-double of 62 points and fifteen rebounds, while his team outclassed SHUM (2-9) with 46-point margin 102-56. Grizzly is placed at 5th position in Kyrgyzstani Higher League. The season is in a full swing, so it's only a dream for the team to make it into top half of the standings. For contrary they may face relegation if the situation turns from bad to worse. Grizzly have already lost 9 games and recorded just two victories. In the team's last game Bayanov had a remarkable 57.8% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Grizzly, through which he has constantly improved. Bayanov has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (8th best: 17.4ppg) and averages solid 2.2spg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 16-year old forward Nazim Oruchkulov (200-F-04) of second-ranked Gines-29. Oruchkulov impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 23 points and 26 rebounds. Of course he led Gines-29 to another comfortable win 75-61 over the lower-ranked Politekhnik (#6, 2-9) being unquestionably team leader. Gines-29's second position in the standings has not changed. His team lost just two games this season, while they won 9 matches. Oruchkulov is a newcomer at Gines-29 and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.

The third best performed player last round was Zhanysh Adiev (190-G-90) of top-ranked Alga. Adiev got into 30-points club by scoring exactly 30 points in the last round. He went also for eight assists. He was a key player of Alga, leading his team to a 83-75 win against #4 ranked Legion in a game of the week. Adiev has a great season in Kyrgyzstan. After 10 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 27.1ppg (best scorer) and assists with 4.5apg (3rd best). He also has 3.1spg, FGP: 63.2% and 3PT: 45.9%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Azamat Rysbekov (01) of Grizzly - 16 points, 24 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Nurbek Aydanbek (196-F-01) of Alga - 26 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Stas Lukonin (206-C-88) of Legion - 24 points and 7 rebounds
7. Roman Tikhonov (178-G-04) of Gines-29 - 26 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
8. Baiel Nogoibaev (172-PG-04) of SHUM - 18 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Roman Gostishev (197-C/F-97) of Alga - 14 points and 11 rebounds
10. Adylbek Naimanbaev (01) of Politekhnik - 14 points, 6 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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