Espinal's double-double lands him Hoops Agents Player of the Week award

Edwin Espinal

29-year old Edwin Espinal (198-SF-1993) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's best team Immortals and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 6.
He had a double-double of 26 points and 10 rebounds, while his team beat Capitanes (#3, 3-3) 101-93. It allowed Immortals to consolidate first place in the Dominican Rep. league. Immortals have a solid 5-1 record. In the team's last game Espinal had a remarkable 52.6% from 2-point range. He just recently signed at Immortals, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Edwin Espinal averages this season 17.0ppg and 7.4rpg.

Second best performed player last round was Oliver Ferreira (189-G-1993) of Capitanes. He is a guard in his first season at Capitanes. In the last game Ferreira recorded impressive 30 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Bad luck as Capitanes lost that game 93-101 to slightly higher-ranked Immortals (#1, 5-1). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the top position in West. Capitanes still maintains its place in the top 3 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team's 3-3 record is not bad at all. Ferreira is one of the most experienced players at Capitanes and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 25.0ppg (#3). His other stats are also decent: 6.5rpg and 5.2apg.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Ralph Bellamy (193-F) of Del Patio (#4). Bellamy got into 30-points club by scoring 31 points in the last round. He went also for ten rebounds . He was a key player of Del Patio, leading his team to a 92-90 win against #1 ranked Fenix. The chances of Del Patio not to end season at such low position in West, however are less than slim as they have already lost 4 games, recording just two victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Bellamy could try to bring Del Patio's a little bit higher in the standings. Bellamy has individually a great season in Dominican Republic. After only 6 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 8.5rpg (6th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Brahian Mendez (SF) of Del Patio - 29 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
5. Domont Wright (203-F/C-1997) of Santiago Basket - 16 points and 13 rebounds
6. James Milton (203-F-1992) of Immortals - 26 points and 10 rebounds
7. Aneury Parra) of Evolve OL - 34 points and 5 rebounds
8. Richard Polanco) of Capitanes - 19 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
9. Adris Rodriguez (203-C-1988) of Capitanes - 10 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists
10. Ernesto Rodriguez (194-F-1994) of Capitanes - 18 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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