Best players of Kyrgyzstani Higher League round 5 (by Hoops Agents)

Emil Kasymaliev

Talented Adylbek Naimanbaev (01) had a very impressive game in the last round for Politekhnik and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 5.
The 20-year old had a double-double of 19 points and twenty seven rebounds, while his team lost the game against Legion (#3, 2-2) 58-78. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Politekhnik maintains the 4th position in Kyrgyzstani Higher League. The season is still in it's early stage, so the team may have a chance to improve their current position in the standings. They lost 3 games and had just one victory. It was one of impressive evenings for Naimanbaev as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Naimanbaev has impressive league stats. He leads league in rebounds with 12.0rpg. Naimanbaev is in league's top in and averages solid 2.5bpg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 32-year old Russian guard Emil Kasymaliev (190-G-89) of Legion. Kasymaliev impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 15 points and 15 rebounds. Of course he led Legion to another comfortable win outscoring slightly lower-ranked Politekhnik (#4, 1-3) 78-58. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Legion consolidated its place in top 3 of the standings. His team's 2-2 record is not bad at all. Kasymaliev is well-known by Legion fans and he already established his position as one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.0ppg (#7). His other stats are also decent: 10.8rpg and 4.0apg.

The third best performed player last round was former international Evgeny Pekhov of second-ranked Dinamo. Pekhov scored 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds. He was a key player of Dinamo, leading his team to a 64-59 win against SHUM (#6, 0-4). Pekhov has a great season in Kyrgyzstan. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 16.5ppg (6th best), rebounds with 10.0rpg (6th best) and assists with 4.0apg (5th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Baish Adiev (192-G-90) of Legion - 33 points and 5 rebounds
5. Belek Bektenov (F-95) of SHUM - 24 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Danil Dubchenko) of SHUM - 19 points and 11 rebounds
7. Aman Abdykerim (202-PF-94) of Dinamo - 12 points and 17 rebounds
8. Syimyk Esenaliev (181-PG) of Politekhnik - 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Sergei Zhukov (194-C/F-91) of Dinamo - 7 points and 9 rebounds
10. Aliyar Alisherov) of SHUM - 9 points and 7 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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