Diego Romero's triple-double lands him Player of the Week award

Experienced Argentinian Diego Romero (206-C-1982) had a very impressive game in the last round for league's second-best Carl A-Z and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 20.
The 41-year old center recorded a triple-double of 17 points adding also twenty one rebounds and eleven assists, while his team beat Leones (#7, 7-9) 87-73. Carl A-Z is placed at 2nd position in Bolivian Libobasquet. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Carl A-Z will need more victories to improve their 10-7 record. In the team's last game Romero had a remarkable 58.3% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Carl A-Z, through which he has constantly improved. Florida State University graduate has very impressive stats this year. Romero leads league in rebounds with 16.9rpg and is league's best passer with 5.7apg. Romero is in league's top in and averages solid 59.1% FGP and 40.7% from behind 3-point line.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was another Carl A-Z's star - young Argentinian point guard Roberto Orresta (177-PG-1991). Orresta impressed basketball fans with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. It was enough for Carl A-Z to edge slightly lower-ranked Atletico Nacional (#3, 9-7) by 5 points 79-74. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Carl A-Z consolidated its place in top 2 of the standings. His team's 10-7 record is not bad at all. Orresta is one of the most experienced players at Carl A-Z and similarly like Diego Romero has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 20.5ppg (#5). He also recorded 4.4 assists per game.

The third best performed player last round was Argentinian Rolando Vallejos (195-SF-2000) of San Simon (#4). Vallejos showcased his all-around game by recording 28 points, twelve rebounds (!!!) and four assists in the last round. Despite Vallejos' great performance San Simon lost 76-84 to the lower-ranked Leones (#7, 7-9). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. The last thing San Simon needs is to lose another game like this one. They lose more and more distance to the top teams. Their record is 9 victories and 7 lost games. Vallejos has a great season in Bolivia. After 10 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 25.1ppg (2nd best), rebounds with 11.5rpg (3rd best) and assists with 4.2apg (6th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Martin Ochoa (185-PG-1994) of Leones - 28 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Juan Martin Bello (200-F-1999) of CAN Oruro - 30 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
6. Jesse Johnson (201-F-1995) of Univ.Sucre - 22 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Haylen Washington (196-G-1994) of Univ.Sucre - 22 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Dariel Maza (C-1991) of La Paz - 25 points and 9 rebounds
9. Irin Stark (185-G-1989) of La Paz - 26 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Spencer Collins (194-G/F-1993) of Leones - 23 points, 3 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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Tags : DIEGO ROMERO, CA RAMALLO LAFUENTE A-Z ORURO, BOLIVIAN BASKETBALL