Gutierrez's 24 points and 8 assists give him La Liga Argentina Player of the Week award

Jose Gutierrez

34-year old point guard Jose Gutierrez (185-PG-87, agency: BIG) put on an amazing game in the last round for Villa Mitre and receives a Hoops Agents La Liga Argentina Player of the Week award for round 27.
He had the game-high 24 points adding three rebounds and eight assists for Villa Mitre in his team's victory, helping them to beat Quilmes MP (#15, 1-6) 84-69. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on top of the standings in Conferencia Sur. Villa Mitre is placed at 12th position in Argentinian La Liga Argentina. Villa Mitre is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 2-4 record. Gutierrez has many years of experience at Villa Mitre, through which he has constantly improved. Gutierrez has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in assists (4th best: 6.0apg) and averages solid 59.3% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Abel Aristimuno (195-F-91, agency: BIG) of Ameghino. He is a forward in his 7th season at Ameghino. In the last game Aristimuno recorded impressive 18 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. It was enough for Ameghino to edge the higher-ranked Salta Basket (#8, 3-2) by 1 point 105-104. This victory allowed Ameghino to move up to 11th position in Conference Norte. 5 lost games are too many comparing to just two victories Ameghino managed to get this year. Aristimuno is one of the most experienced players at Ameghino and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Ivan Catani (194-F-98) of Bahia (#8). Catani scored 26 points and grabbed ten rebounds. He was a key player of Bahia, leading his team to a 91-87 win against the lower-ranked GELP (#11, 2-4). Bahia needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams in Conferencia Sur. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 3 lost games. Catani has a very solid season. In 2 games in Argentina he scored 23.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Juan Javier Bollo (203-C-92) of Villa Mitre - 19 points and 4 rebounds
5. Gonzalo Alonso (178-PG-02) of Salta Basket - 23 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists
6. Lautaro Mare (196-F-98) of Dep Norte - 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists
7. Christian Boudet (192-SF-97) of Ciclista - 13 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists
8. Martin Bonja) of Estudiantes C. - 21 points and 8 rebounds
9. Rafael Rosende (198-F-97) of GELP - 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Federico De Miguel (176-PG-97) of Salta Basket - 26 points, 2 rebounds and 7 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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