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Round Five Player of the Week Jason Crowe (Photosport)

Just as Youthtown Auckland Stars forward Casey Frank did last week, Waikato Pistons point guard Jason Crowe collected his second Player of the Week award in round five of the Dominion Finance NBL.

Crowe, who posted the NBL’s first triple-double in round three since computerised stats were recorded in 2000, came up two assists and three steals short of a rare points-assists-steals triple-double as the Pistons remained undefeated at 4-0 with a 89-82 win over the Appliance Shed Harbour Heat on Saturday.

Crowe finished with 26 points, shooting 9-of-18 from the floor, with three rebounds, eight assists and seven steals in 34 minutes.

The American guard, who increased his lead in the NBL Player Power Rankings to seven points, narrowly edged out Devon Dynamos Taranaki forward Link Abrams by two points for the round five POW.

Abrams averaged 21 points and 8.5 rebounds in Taranaki’s Southern double-header sweep. Pistons running-mate Brian Wethers, Cartridge World Otago Nuggets import guard Lemar Gayle and Century City Wellington Saints forward Arthur Trousdell filled out the top-five for round five.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Jason Crowe (Waikato Pistons)
26 points (9-of-18 FG, 5-of-14 3pt, 3-of-6 FT), three rebounds, eight assists and seven steals vs Appliance Shed Harbour Heat

PLAYER POWER RANKINGS

1 (56.75) Jason Crowe (Waikato Pistons)
2 (49.67) Casey Frank (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
3 (48.00) Brian Wethers (Waikato Pistons)
4 (45.50) Lemar Gayle (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
5 (38.42) Michael Harrison (CPS Nelson Giants)
6 (37.58) Jamil Terrell (CPS Nelson Giants)
7 (37.30) Nick Horvath (Century City Wellington Saints)
8 (34.79) Link Abrams (Devon Dynamos Taranaki)
9 (34.58) Adrian Majstrovich (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
10 (33.88) Kevin Smith (Easy LPG Bay Hawk

The Next 10 . . .
Kevin Owens (Century City Wellington Saints), Jeremy Kench (Marley Canterbury Rams), Tony Rampton (Devon Dynamos Taranaki), Paora Winitana (Easy LPG Bay Hawks), Joey Harrell (Marley Canterbury Rams), Oscar Forman (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat), Kareem Johnson (Easy LPG Bay Hawks), Mika Vukona (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat), Keith Salscheider (Devon Dynamos Taranaki), Everard Bartlett (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)

NBL Player Power Rankings Top-50 (Round Four) (28KB pdf)

**The Player of the Week and Player Power Rankings are decided by a formula which takes into account points scored, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, turnovers and missed shots**

ROUND FIVE STATS LEADERS

Points
32 Brian Wethers (Waikato Pistons) vs Appliance Shed Harbour Heat
28 Casey Frank (Youthtown Auckland Stars) vs CPS Nelson Giants
27 Michael Harrison (CPS Nelson Giants) vs Youthtown Auckland Stars
27 Keith Salscheider (Devon Dynamos Taranaki) vs Marley Canterbury Rams

Rebounds
18 Arthur Trousdell (Century City Wellington Saints) vs Cartridge World Otago Nuggets
17 Kevin Smith (Easy LPG Bay Hawks) vs Century City Wellington Saints
15 Lemar Gayle (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets) vs Century City Wellington Saints
15 Kevin Owens (Century City Wellington Saints) vs Easy LPG Bay Hawks

Assists
14 Luke Martin (Century City Wellington Saints) vs Cartridge World Otago Nuggets
8 Luke Martin (Century City Wellington Saints) vs Easy LPG Bay Hawks
8 Jason Crowe (Waikato Pistons) vs Appliance Shed Harbour Heat
8 Ben Jeffrey (Devon Dynamos Taranaki) vs Marley Canterbury Rams

Steals
7 Jason Crowe (Waikato Pistons) vs Appliance Shed Harbour Heat
5 Lemar Gayle (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets) vs Century City Wellington Saints
4 Damien Ekenasio (Easy LPG Bay Hawks) vs Century City Wellington Saints
4 Jeremy Kench (Marley Canterbury Rams) vs Devon Dynamos Taranaki
4 Lemar Gayle (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets) vs Devon Dynamos Taranaki

Blocks
5 Link Abrams (Devon Dynamos Taranaki) vs Cartridge World Otago Nuggets
2 Multiple (four players)