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Round Three Player of the Week Jason Crowe (Photosport)

Triple-doubles are rare in the Dominion Finance NBL – there has not been one since computerised statistics began in 2000 – and Jason Crowe’s propelled him to round three Player of the Week honours.

The American point guard had 25 points, including 5-of-7 on threes, 11 rebounds, 12 assists and four steals in the Waikato Pistons 96-72 rout of Devon Dynamos Taranaki in Hamilton on Saturday night.

Crowe – who set a new NBL record (since 2000) with 16 assists in round two against the CPS Nelson Giants – beat out round two POW Casey Frank (Youthtown Auckland Stars), who had two top-five performances in round three, and team-mate Brian Wethers, who followed up a 40-point effort with 35 points on Saturday.

Crowe extended his lead in the NBL Player Power Rankings to nine points, with Wethers joining Frank in a tie for second, with a big gap back to fourth-place Marley Canterbury Rams point guard Jeremy Kench.

Player of the Week

Jason Crowe (Waikato Pistons)
25 points (8/16 FG, 5/7 3pt, 4/4 FT), 11 rebounds, 12 assists and four steals vs Devon Dynamos Taranaki

Player Power Rankings

1 (62.75) Jason Crowe (Waikato Pistons)
2= (53.75) Casey Frank (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
2= (53.75) Brian Wethers (Waikato Pistons)
4 (37.67) Jeremy Kench (Marley Canterbury Rams)
5 (37.60) Michael Harrison (CPS Nelson Giants)
6 (37.40) Jamil Terrell (CPS Nelson Giants)
7 (36.17) Tony Rampton (Devon Dynamos Taranaki)
8 (36.00) Jay Anderson (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
9 (35.50) Kevin Smith (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
10 (34.38) Nick Horvath (Century City Wellington Saints)

The Next 10 . . .
Adrian Majstrovich (Youthtown Auckland Stars), Joey Harrell (Marley Canterbury Rams), Oscar Forman (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat), Dillon Boucher (Youthtown Auckland Stars), Pero Cameron (Waikato Pistons), Tim Behrendorff (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat), Nat Connell (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets), Kantrail Horton (Manawatu OzJets), Hayden Allen (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat), Puke Lenden (Waikato Pistons)

NBL Player Power Rankings (Round Three) (13KB 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 TWO STATS LEADERS

Points
35 Brian Wethers (Waikato Pistons)
35 Kantrail Horton (Manawatu OzJets)
30 Kevin Smith (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)

Rebounds
14 Nick Horvath (Century City Wellington Saints)
13 Dillon Boucher (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
11 Multiple

Assists
12 Jason Crowe (Waikato Pistons)
8 Dillon Boucher (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
7 Multiple

Steals
6 Jeremy Kench (Marley Canterbury Rams)
4 Jason Crowe (Waikato Pistons)
4 Hayden Allen (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
4 Tyrone Davey (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
4 Ben Jeffrey (Devon Dynamos Taranaki)

Blocks
2 Casey Frank (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
2 Jamil Terrell (CPS Nelson Giants)
1 Multiple