Rodrigo Acuna claims Argentinian La Liga Argentina weekly honour

- February 28, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Rodrigo Acuna

Rodrigo Acuna (198-PF-1995) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Quilmes Mar del Plata and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents La Liga Argentina Player of the Week award for round 38.
The 28-year old power forward had the game-high 21 points adding six rebounds for Quilmes MP in his team's victory, helping them to beat Ciclista (#14, 9-13) 68-60. The game was not the highest importance and did not have significant influence on top of the standings in Conferencia Sur. Quilmes MP is placed at 9th position in Argentinian La Liga Argentina. Quilmes MP 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 12-13 record. In the team's last game Acuna had a remarkable 87.5% from 2-point range. It was one of impressive evenings for him as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Rodrigo Acuna averages this season 11.4ppg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young power forward Matias Nunez (202-F/C-1995) of Racing Club Avellaneda. Nunez impressed basketball fans with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Of course he led Racing A. to another comfortable win 85-68 over the lower-ranked Rocamora (#17, 6-19) being unquestionably team leader. The game was between two teams which are definitely not main contenders for the top position in Conferencia Sur. But Racing A. managed to improve slightly their position in standings taking 11th place. His team lost some distance to top teams. But a 10-4 record is not bad and everything may still change. Nunez is a newcomer at Racing A. and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.

The third best performed player last round was Nahuel Buchaillot (178-PG-2000) of Barrio Parque de Cordoba (#7). Buchaillot scored 21 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. He was a key player of Barrio Parque, leading his team to a 83-57 easy win against slightly lower-ranked Montmartre (#8, 10-11). Barrio Parque needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams in Conferencia Norte. Their record at this point is 12 victories and 11 lost games. Buchaillot has a very solid season. In 20 games in Argentina he scored 12.3ppg. He also has 4.6apg and a FGP of 60.5%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Joaquin Lallana (217-C-1996) of Barrio Parque - 20 points and 14 rebounds
5. Esteban Cantarutti (185-G-1988) of H.Americano - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Andres Lugli (188-PG-1995) of Lanus - 7 points, 7 rebounds and 14 assists
7. Lautaro Rivata (190-F/G-1987) of Barrio Parque - 13 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Santiago Calderon) of Suardi - 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Rafael Rosende (198-F-1997) of Racing A. - 16 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Dishon Lowery (200-C-1998) of Pilar - 12 points, 14 rebounds and 2 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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