Diego Silva claims Brazilian CBC League weekly honour

Diego Silva

Experienced Diego Silva (206-C/F-90) had a great game in the last round for Joinville and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents CBC League Player of the Week award for round 9.
The 30-year old had a double-double of 12 points and ten rebounds, while his team edged out Londrina (#4, 3-5) 78-74. Joinville maintains the 3rd position in their group in Brazilian CBC League. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Joinville will need more victories to improve their 5-3 record. It's Silva's second year at Joinville and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Silva has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (5th best: 5.1ppg).

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 32-year old Argentinian point guard Enzo Cafferata (186-PG-88) of league's best team U. CorinthiansUNC. Cafferata impressed basketball fans with 15 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. It was enough for Corinthians to edge Ponta Grossa (6-2) by 6 points 76-70. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the top position in Helio Rubens Garcia Conference. Ponta Grossa managed to tie with Corinthians at the very top position in the standings. His team has currently 6-2 record. Cafferata is one of the most experienced players at Corinthians and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 16.6ppg (#4). His other stats are also decent: 5.4rpg and 5.1apg.

The third best performed player last round was Ralfi Ansaloni (211-C-87) of top-ranked Corinthians. Ansaloni scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds. He was a key player of Corinthians, leading his team to a 76-70 win against #2 ranked Ponta Grossa. Corinthians confirms their top position in Helio Rubens Garcia Conference. Their record at this point is 6 victories and 2 lost games. Ansaloni has a very solid season. In 4 games in Brazil he scored 16.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Icaro Parisotto (185-PG-92) of Corinthians - 19 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
5. Patrick Vieira (186-PG-93) of Joinville - 16 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists
6. Emanuel Matias (198-SF-99) of Joinville - 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Samuel Ferreira (187-SG-99) of Ponta Grossa - 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Caio Oliveira (211-C-98) of Londrina - 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Willian Moreira (190-G-92) of Joinville - 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Arthur Rosa (188-G-98) of Brusque - 11 points, 6 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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