Former NBA journeyman Jordan Crawford put up an extra-ordinary performance for the Tianjin Ronggang Gold Lions in their game against the Sichuan Blue Whales in the Chinese Basketball Association, earning him the right to be named Asia-Basket.com Player of the Week in the 28^th round of the league.

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The 27-year-old American guard scored an amazing 72 big points and grabbed 16 rebounds for a double-double game performance. Crawford, who played four years in the NBA, shot 25-for-52 from the field, connecting four treys in his 12 attempts from beyond the arc area. He made 18 shots out of 20 attempts from the foul line.

In the team's last game, the former NBA player had a remarkable 52.5 percent shooting from the 2-point range. Although they lost to the league's power house Sichuan Blue Whales, Crawford turned to be Tianjin's top player in his first season with the ballcub.

Crawford is the CBA's best scorer having an average so far of 41.6 points per game and with a solid 57.1 field goal percentage.

Drafted in 2010 as the 27^th over-all pick selected by the New Jersey Nets, the 27-year-old Crawford played for a total of four teams in the league during his four year NBA tenure. He played for the Atlanta Hawks in his rookie year after being traded by the Nets.

Hawks traded him to the Washington Wizard in 2011 and was sent to the Boston Celtics in 2013 before being transferred to the Golden States Warriors in 2014.

According to the NBA, during his stint with Warriors, Crawford scored his career high 41 points in a 116-112 win over the Denver Nuggets in the final regular season game on April 16, 2014.

Crawford had his first CBA experience with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers, appearing for just five games in the third quarter of 2014. He appeared in five preseason games for the Chicago Bulls, but was waived before the regular season on October 2015. He returned to China on November fitting in with the Tianjin Ronggang.

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