Best players of Basketball Champions League Americas round 3

- December 17, 2023

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Lucas Dias

Lucas Silva

Lucas Silva (208-C-1995) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for league's leader Sesi Franca Basquete Sao Paulo and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3.
The 28-year old center had a double-double of 15 points and thirteen rebounds, while his team beat Obras (#2, 1-1) 94-87. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Vivo/Franca to consolidate first place in the Basketball Champions League Americas. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. But it's just the very beginning of the season and Sesi Franca won both games without losing any. It's too early to say anything as the standings can be changed completely after next round. In the team's last game Silva had a remarkable three three-pointers out of 7 attempts. He has many years of experience at Vivo/Franca, through which he has constantly improved. Silva has impressive league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 18.5ppg. Silva is in league's top in rebounds (2nd best: 10.5rpg) and averages solid 1.5bpg and 57.1% from behind 3-point line.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young Peruvian point guard Juan Venegas (183-PG-2000) of second-ranked Obras Basket Buenos Aires. Venegas impressed basketball fans with 24 points and 2 assists. Bad luck as Obras lost that game 87-94 to Sesi Franca (2-0). The season is still at the very beginning and this lost game may not be such crucial, of course if they start win the games. Let's wait for the next round. Venegas is one of the most experienced players at Obras and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 13.5ppg (#9). He also recorded 4.0 assists per game.

The third best performed player last round was another Obras' star - Pedro Barral (187-PG-1994). Barral scored 23 points. Despite Barral's great performance Obras Basket Buenos Aires lost 87-94 to #1 ranked Sesi Franca. But his team cannot count on just these two top stars as they also need help of the other teammates especially in such crucial game. The last thing Obras needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 1 victory and 1 lost game. Barral has a great season in Basketball Champions League Americas. After only 2 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.5ppg (4th best) and assists with 4.5apg (4th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Manuel Rodriguez (203-SF-2002) of Boca - 18 points and 2 rebounds
5. Heissler Guillent (186-PG-1986) of Sesi Franca - 14 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Wesley Ferreira (200-PF-1995) of Sesi Franca - 14 points and 4 rebounds
7. Marcos Mata (202-SF-1986) of Boca - 8 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Franco Balbi (188-PG-1989) of Flamengo - 11 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Miguel Ruiz (197-F-1990) of Obras - 4 points and 13 rebounds
10. Jose Defelippo (186-SG-1997) of Boca - 9 points, 7 rebounds and 4 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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