Argentinian La Liga Argentina round 32 best performance: Gabriel Novaes (by Hoops Agents)

Agustin Brocal

Brazilian Center Gabriel Novaes (208-C-01) put on an amazing game in the last round for Bahia, receiving a Hoops Agents La Liga Argentina Player of the Week award for round 32.
The 20-year old player had a double-double of 30 points and 15 rebounds, while his team outclassed Lanus (#13, 3-6) with 27-point margin 92-65. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on top of the standings in Conferencia Sur. Thanks to this victory Bahia moved-up to the 10th position in Argentinian La Liga Argentina. Bahia is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 4-5 record. In the team's last game Novaes had a remarkable 84.6% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Bahia, through which he has constantly improved. Gabriel Novaes has solid league stats. He is in league's top in rebounds (3rd best: 9.9rpg) and averages impressive 63.9% FGP.

The second best player in last round's games was 24-year old Agustin Brocal (191-SG-97) of Zarate Basket. Brocal had a very good evening with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. It was enough for Zarate Basket to edge the lower-ranked Parque Sur (#8, 4-4) 73-67. Zarate Basket's 4th position in Conferencia Sur has not changed. His team's 6-3 record is not bad at all. Brocal is a newcomer at Zarate Basket, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 18.8ppg (#5).

Third on the list of top players last round was forward Franco Chiabotto (199-F-99) of LANUS (#13). Chiabotto scored 22 points and grabbed twelve rebounds (!!!). Despite Chiabotto's great performance Lanus lost 65-92 to the higher-ranked Bahia (#10, 4-5). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Chiabotto has a very solid season. In 20 games in Argentina he scored 7.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Nicolas Zurschmitten (183-PG-95) of Salta Basket - 31 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
5. Joaquin Noblega (194-F/G-97) of Independ.O. - 20 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Andres Landoni (203-PF-90) of Barrio Parque - 16 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists
7. Nahuel Buchaillot (178-PG) of Barrio Parque - 22 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists
8. Martin Bonja) of Estudiantes C. - 17 points and 14 rebounds
9. Manuel Alonso (195-PG-99) of Libertad - 26 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Matias Martinez (195-G/F-94) of CAO Ceres - 19 points and 8 rebounds

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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