Dominican Rep. LDC round 4 best performance: Juan Valenzuela

Juan Valenzuela

Chilean Swingman Juan Valenzuela (191-G/F-2000) had a great game in the last round for top-ranked Fenix, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
The 22-year old player had a double-double of 33 points and 11 rebounds, while his team edged out Immortals (#1, 4-1) 86-84. It allowed Fenix to consolidate first place in the Dominican Rep. LDC. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but Fenix already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Valenzuela had a remarkable three three-pointers out of 7 attempts. He just recently signed at Fenix and just after two games he already turned to be a very valuable addition to the team. Juan Valenzuela has solid league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 32.5ppg. Valenzuela is in league's top in rebounds (4th best: 10.5rpg) and averages impressive 51.3% FGP and 41.7% from behind 3-point line.

The second best player in last round's games was young Canadian Michael Tillman (195-G-1996) of league's second-best Santiago Basket. Tillman had a very good evening with 36 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Of course he led Santiago Basket to another comfortable win outscoring Sameji (#4, 0-4) 110-90. It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the top position in East. Santiago Basket consolidated its place in top 2 of the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 2-3 record. Tillman is one of the most experienced players at Santiago Basket and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

Third on the list of top players last round was guard Oliver Ferreira (189-G-1993) of Capitanes (#3). Ferreira showcased his all-around game by recording 27 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the last round. He was a key player of Capitanes, leading his team to a 100-88 win against #4 ranked Del Patio. Capitanes needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams in West. Their record at this point is 3 victories and 2 lost games. Ferreira has a great season in Dominican Republic. After only 5 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 24.0ppg (4th best) and assists with 5.0apg (5th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Leonacis Pena (198-F/C) of Fenix - 17 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
5. James Milton (203-F-1992) of Immortals - 16 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Richard Polanco) of Capitanes - 19 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists
7. DeJon Waters Jr. (190-G-1997) of Evolve OL - 21 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Edwin Espinal (198-SF-1993) of Immortals - 18 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Ernesto Rodriguez (194-F-1994) of Capitanes - 16 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
10. Ralph Bellamy (193-F) of Del Patio - 23 points, 8 rebounds and 2 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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