Thor's 43-point game gives him Player of the Week award

- August 2, 2026

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Henrique Da Silva

17-year old Lucas Thor (2009) had a very impressive game in the last round for second-ranked Pinheiros Sao Paulo U20 team and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 15.
He had the game-high 43 points adding six rebounds for Pinheiros in his team's victory, helping them to outclass Bauru (#16, 4-7) with 50-point margin 100-50. Pinheiros maintains the 2nd position in Brazilian league. Pinheiros has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 10-1. In the team's last game Thor had a remarkable 62.5% from 2-point range. It's his second year at Pinheiros and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Lucas Thor averages this season 11.4ppg.

Second best performed player last round was Hugo Nicolini (186-G-2007) of SESI - SP / Franca Basquete U20 team. He is a guard in his first season at SESI Franca. In the last game Nicolini recorded an impressive triple-double of 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists. Of course he led Franca to another comfortable win 96-78 over the lower-ranked Mogi (#15, 5-6) being unquestionably team leader. SESI Franca's 7th position in the standings has not changed. His team lost just two games this season, while they won 9 matches. Nicolini is a newcomer at SESI Franca and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to center Pedro Luiz (208-C-2005) of Campo Mourao Basquete U20 team (#11). Luiz scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Campo Mourao, leading his team to a 92-59 easy win against the lower-ranked Osasco (#20, 2-9). Campo Mourao needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 6 victories and 5 lost games. Luiz has a great season in Brazil. After 10 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 9.9rpg (8th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Henrique Da Silva (190-F/G-2005) of Pato - 14 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Lucas Cardoso (203-F/C-2005) of Corinthians - 12 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Vinicius Carvalho (172-PG-2006) of Rio Claro - 22 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Gabriel Garcia (197-F-2005) of Uniao Corinthians - 19 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Lucas Avanso (183-G) of Paulistano - 14 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Vitor Silva (188-G) of Paulistano - 16 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Ryan Cardoso (201-F) of Campo Mourao - 9 points and 12 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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