Argentinian La Liga Proximo round 1 best performance: Giovanni Pappalardi (by Hoops Agents)

Giovanni Pappalardi (2007) had an amazing evening in the last round for second-ranked Club Atletico Platense Florida, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 1.
The 19-year old player had a double-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds, while his team beat Quimsa (#5, 2-1) 78-66. Platense maintains the 2nd position in Argentinian La Liga Proximo. The season is still on an early stage, but Platense already had a very good start winning all 3 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Pappalardi had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Platense, through which he has constantly improved. Giovanni Pappalardi has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (5th best: 21.0ppg), rebounds (4th best: 10.7rpg) and averages impressive 58.6% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was Segundo Lasarte of Gimnasia y Esgrima Comodoro Rivadavia. Lasarte had a very good evening with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. It was enough for Gimnasia to edge La Union (0-2) 84-83. The season is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Lasarte is a newcomer at Gimnasia, but is already one of team's top players.

Third on the list of top players last round was another Platense's star - Venezuelan guard Anthoan Urbina (184-PG-2005). Urbina showcased his all-around game by recording 25 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the last round. He was another key player of Club Atletico Platense Florida, helping his team with a 78-66 win against Quimsa (#5, 2-1). Platense started extremely well this year. They recorded 3 victories without losing a single game. Urbina turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. Urbina has a great season in Argentina. After only 3 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 18.7ppg (8th best) and assists with 3.7apg (6th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Viktor Bender (197-SG-2006) of Regatas - 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Richard Hachen (203-C-2008) of Platense - 16 points and 15 rebounds
6. Yoscar Dinza (194-F-2006) of Gimnasia - 20 points and 6 rebounds
7. Facundo Mariano) of La Union - 25 points and 11 rebounds
8. Camilo Jara) of Ferro - 20 points and 4 rebounds
9. Luca Tarelli) of Platense - 21 points and 5 rebounds
10. Lucca Giuliani (198-F-2007) of Instituto - 10 points, 9 rebounds and 3 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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