Paulo Da Costa claims Brazilian Paulista weekly honour

Experienced Paulo Da Costa (194-G-1994) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's leader Mogi das Cruzes Basquete and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Paulista Player of the Week award for round 6.
The 32-year old guard had a double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds, while his team outclassed Corinthians (#4, 4-2) with 32-point margin 87-55. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Mogi to consolidate first place in the Brazilian Paulista. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Mogi already had a very good start winning all 6 without losing a single one. It's Da Costa's second year at Mogi and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Paulo Da Costa averages this season 10.7ppg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was young American guard Anthony Harris (191-G-1997) of Zopone/ Gali/ Unimed/Bauru Basket. Harris impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 25 points and 11 rebounds. It was enough for Paschoalotto/Bauru to edge slightly lower-ranked Paulistano (#5, 2-4) by 4 points 92-88. This victory allowed Bauru to move up to 3rd position in the standings. His team's 4-2 record is not bad at all. Harris is a newcomer at Bauru and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 14.5ppg (#2). He also registered 6.5 boards per game.

The third best performed player last round was another Bauru's star - international guard Alex Garcia (191-G-1980, agency: Interperformances). Garcia scored 28 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. He was another key player of Zopone/ Gali/ Unimed/Bauru Basket, helping his team with a 92-88 win against slightly lower-ranked Paulistano (#5, 2-4). Paschoalotto/Bauru needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 4 victories and 2 lost games. Garcia has a great season in Brazil. After only 6 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 14.2ppg (3rd best) and assists with 4.5apg (7th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Lucca Boracina (182-PG-2005) of Pinheiros - 25 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists
5. Pietro Melo (185-G-2008) of Paulistano - 31 points and 4 assists
6. Leonardo Cravero (201-SF-2002) of Sao Jose - 16 points and 8 rebounds
7. Jamison Costa (198-SF-2000) of Osasco - 27 points and 3 rebounds
8. Jonathan Moreira (186-PG-2006) of Sao Jose - 11 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists
9. Grigor Batista (205-F-2005) of Pinheiros - 16 points and 5 rebounds
10. Joao Steuer (203-F/C) of Paulistano - 10 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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