Finnish 1st Division B round 3 best performance: Wille Nordell (by Hoops Agents)

Swingman Wille Nordell (197-F/G-2002) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for second-ranked Vantaan Pussihukat Juniorit, receiving a Hoops Agents 1st Division B Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 24-year old player had a double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds, while his team crushed, the league's bottom-ranked team Raiders Basket (#10, 0-3) with 19-point margin 85-66. PuHu Juniorit is placed at 2nd position in Finnish 1st Division B. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost that single game earlier this season. PuHu Juniorit will need more victories to improve their 3-1 record. In the team's last game Nordell had a remarkable 57.1% from 2-point range. He turned to be PuHu Juniorit's top player in his first season with the team. Wille Nordell averages this season 17.0ppg and 6.0rpg.

The second best player in last round's games was Jonni Halme (183-G) of BC Nokia. Halme had a very good evening with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Bad luck as Nokia lost that game 70-97 to Ura Basket (2-1). The season is still at the very beginning and this lost game may not be such crucial, of course if they start win the games. Let's wait for the next round. Halme is a newcomer at Nokia, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was guard Eemi Mustapaa (187-G-2009) of Team Pajulahti (#11). Mustapaa scored 25 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Despite Mustapaa's great performance the Pajulahti lost 73-87 to KTP II (#1, 4-0). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Pajulahti can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have awful season losing so far all 4 games. Mustapaa has individually a great season in Finland. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 19.5ppg (3rd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Veeti Ulander (203-SF) of Honka 2 - 30 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Santeri Liukko (196-G-2005) of Raiders Basket - 21 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Severi Jalonen) of TuNMKY - 21 points and 10 rebounds
7. Juho-Matti Lehtoranta (195-SF-1989) of KTP II - 19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Samuel Valtonen (199-F) of Raiders Basket - 14 points and 12 rebounds
9. Leevi-Matias Taimela (193-G-2002) of Ura Basket - 10 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Joona Airenne (201-F-1998) of Ura Basket - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 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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