Calderon's double-double lands him Interperformances Player of the Week award

Christopher Calderon

31-year old Christopher Calderon (89) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Siquirres and receives a Interperformances Player of the Week award for round 8.
He had a double-double of 32 points and 11 rebounds, while his team beat Asobasca (#7, 1-6) 96-91. Siquirres is placed at 3rd position in Costa Rican league. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Siquirres will need more victories to improve their 4-3 record. In the team's last game Calderon had a remarkable 70.6% from 2-point range. He has many years of experience at Siquirres, through which he has constantly improved. Calderon has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (5th best: 17.5ppg) and averages solid 65.1% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Mario Herrera (174-PG-97) of league's second-best Escazu. He is former international guard in his 5th season at Escazu. In the last game Herrera recorded impressive double-double of 23 points and 14 rebounds. Of course he led Escazu to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Alajuela (#6, 2-7) 96-45. Escazu's second position in the standings has not changed. His team lost just one game this season, while they won 6 matches. Herrera is one of the most experienced players at Escazu and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to center Dario Solis (192-C-03) of Asobasca (#7). Solis scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Despite Solis' great performance Asobasca lost 91-96 to the higher-ranked Siquirres (#3, 4-3). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Asobasca can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have extremely bad season and 1-6 record places them at the very bottom of the standings. Solis has a very solid season. In 5 games in Costa Rica he scored 13.6ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Harold Mitchell (200-C-83) of Siquirres - 13 points, 19 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Daniel Shedden (190-G-96) of Escazu - 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Isaac Conejo (182-PG-94) of ARBA - 11 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists
7. Eduardo Murillo (95) of Asobasca - 16 points and 13 rebounds
8. Amir Alvarado (198-SF-84) of Heredia - 23 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Jaime Alfaro (185-G-03) of Asobasca - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Andric Barrera) of Siquirres - 10 points and 11 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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