The most crucial game of the last round was the first loss of Club Force (3-1) at the home court on Thursday night. Hosts were defeated by ELOHIM (4-1) 67-51. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Club Force. It was a key game for the top position in the league. Guard Jose-Joaquin Ortiz (180-78) fired 17 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners. point guard Pablo Cano (178-88) chipped in 14 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Forward Hector Chur (179) produced 23 points and 8 rebounds for lost side. ELOHIM keeps a position of league leader. Club Force at the other side dropped to the third place with one game lost. ELOHIM will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Club Force will play on the road against Amatitlan and it may be a tough game between close rivals. The game with biggest result difference took place in Guatemala. Local USAC (3-0) outscored 6th ranked Villa Nueva (2-3) 74-54. Worth to mention a great performance of guard Mynor Aquino (175-89) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 16 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals. Miguel Gonzalez contributed with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. Enrique Samayoa (193-82) replied with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 14 rebounds for Villa Nueva. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. USAC have a solid three-game winning streak. They moved-up to second place. Villa Nueva at the other side keeps the sixth position with three games lost. USAC will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Villa Nueva will play against La Villa (#10) and hopes to get back on the winning track.
The most crucial game of the last round was the first loss of Club Force (3-1) at the home court on Thursday night. Hosts were defeated by ELOHIM (4-1) 67-51. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Club Force. It was a key game for the top position in the league. Guard Jose-Joaquin Ortiz (180-78) fired 17 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists for the winners. Point guard Pablo Cano (178-88) chipped in 14 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Forward Hector Chur (179) produced 23 points and 8 rebounds and center Olaverr Camacho (198-1) added 11 points and 16 rebounds respectively for lost side. ELOHIM keeps a position of league leader. Club Force at the other side dropped to the third place with one game lost. ELOHIM will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Club Force will play on the road against Amatitlan and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Top scorers: ELOHIM: J.Joaquin Ortiz 17+7reb+6ast, M.Arriola 17+3reb+1ast, P.Cano 14+5reb+5ast, J.Veliz 8+8reb, E.Pinzon 6+2reb, R.Amaya 5+16reb+2ast Club Force: H.Chur 23+8reb+1ast, O.Camacho 11+16reb+1ast, J.Sandoval 8+8reb+3ast, A.Trujillo 5+7reb+1ast, N.Camacho 2+7reb, C.Sandoval 2+4reb+1ast
The game with biggest result difference took place in Guatemala. Local USAC (3-0) outscored 6th ranked Villa Nueva (2-3) 74-54. USAC dominated down low during the game scoring 50 of its points in the paint compared to Villa Nueva's 30. USAC forced 23 Villa Nueva turnovers. Worth to mention a great performance of guard Mynor Aquino (175-89) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 16 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals. The former international swingman Miguel Gonzalez (187-90) contributed with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. Five USAC players scored in double figures. Enrique Samayoa (193-82) replied with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 14 rebounds and naturalized American power forward Freddy Fernandez (197-92) added 13 points and 9 rebounds in the effort for Villa Nueva. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. USAC have a solid three-game winning streak. They moved-up to second place. Villa Nueva at the other side keeps the sixth position with three games lost. USAC will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Villa Nueva will play against La Villa (#10) and hopes to get back on the winning track. Top scorers: USAC: A.Juarez 17+5reb+1ast, M.Aquino 16+10reb+7ast, M.Gonzalez 13+6reb+4ast, V.Sosa 11+6reb, L.Cuevas 10+5reb+1ast, E.Juarez Hernandez 4+2reb+2ast Villa Nueva: F.Fernandez 13+9reb+1ast, E.Samayoa 13+14reb, C.Alejandro 8+1reb+4ast, C.Bernand 8+2reb, P.Bryan 5+4reb+1ast, M.Zetina 4+2reb
Liga Metropolitana Round 9 of Regular Season - 1 day ago
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Here is the last round review presented by ESL.
Liga Metropolitana round 9 most important game was a victory of Laminas C. over 4th placed Pampichi 68-64 on Tuesday night. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Pampichi. Laminas C. made 19-of-24 free shots (79.2 percent) during the game. They also forced 30 Pampichi turnovers. Strangely Pampichi outrebounded Laminas C. 43-30 including 29 on the defensive glass. It was a good game for guard Mynor Aquino (175-89) who le... [read more]
Liga Metropolitana round 9 most important game was a victory of Laminas C. over 4th placed Pampichi68-64 on Tuesday night. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Pampichi. Laminas C. made 19-of-24 free shots (79.2 percent) during the game. They also forced 30 Pampichi turnovers. Strangely Pampichi outrebounded Laminas C. 43-30 including 29 on the defensive glass. It was a good game for guard Mynor Aquino (175-89) who led his team to a victory with a triple-double by scoring 13 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists and 6 steals. Edwin Ruiz contributed with 21 points and 5 rebounds for the winners. The former international forward Carlos Chavez (191-89) answered with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 11 rebounds for Pampichi. Laminas C. maintains third place with 3-2 record behind leader ELOHIM. Pampichi at the other side dropped to the fifth position with three games lost. They share it with GMS. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest. Bottom-ranked URL is still unable to win any game. This time they lost on the road their fifth consecutive match to sixth ranked GMS (2-3) 75-62. Point guard Anthony Guerra (178-97) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 21 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists for the winners and Alejandro Carrillo chipped in 17 points. GMS's coach allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. The best for the losing side was Rudy Morales (-99) with 25 points. GMS moved-up to fifth place, which they share with Pampichi. URL at the other side still closes the standings with five games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Bottom-ranked URL is still unable to win any game. This time they lost on the road their fifth consecutive match to sixth ranked GMS (2-3) 75-62. Point guard Anthony Guerra (178-97) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 21 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists for the winners and forward Alejandro Carrillo (192-88) chipped in 17 points. GMS's coach allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. The best for the losing side was Rudy Morales (-99) with 25 points and guard Luis Menendez (179-95) scored 14 points and 7 rebounds. GMS moved-up to fifth place, which they share with Pampichi. URL at the other side still closes the standings with five games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest. Top scorers: GMS: A.Guerra 21+15reb+7ast, A.Carrillo 17+2reb+1ast, U.F 12, O.Julio 11, V.Enriquez 6+5reb+1ast, O.Rodrigo 4+2reb+1ast URL: R.Morales 25+4reb+1ast, L.Menendez 14+7reb+2ast, S.Hurtarte 9+9reb, E.Mejia 8+5reb+1ast, E.Garcia 4+10reb, I.Calderon 2+2reb+1ast
Liga Metropolitana round 9 most important game was a victory of Laminas C. over 4th placed Pampichi68-64 on Tuesday night. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Pampichi. Laminas C. made 19-of-24 free shots (79.2 percent) during the game. They also forced 30 Pampichi turnovers. Strangely Pampichi outrebounded Laminas C. 43-30 including 29 on the defensive glass. It was a good game for guard Mynor Aquino (175-89) who led his team to a victory with a triple-double by scoring 13 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists and 6 steals. Edwin Ruiz contributed with 21 points and 5 rebounds for the winners. The former international forward Carlos Chavez (191-89) answered with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 11 rebounds and naturalized American power forward Freddy Fernandez (197-92) added 14 points and 8 rebounds in the effort for Pampichi. Laminas C. maintains third place with 3-2 record behind leader ELOHIM. Pampichi at the other side dropped to the fifth position with three games lost. They share it with GMS. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest. Top scorers: Laminas C.: R.Edwin 21+5reb, A.Izaguirre 14+5reb+2ast, M.Aquino 13+13reb+10ast, S.Barillas 8+3reb+2ast, R.Daniel 8+3reb, A.Marroquin 2 Pampichi: C.Chavez 15+11reb+1ast, F.Fernandez 14+8reb+1ast, D.Goddard 12+8reb+3ast, E.Angel 8+8reb+2ast, M.Jose 7+2reb+1ast, M.Alfredo 3
Bernie Diaz claims Guatemalan Liga Metropolitana Interperformances weekly honour - 4 days ago
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BERNIE DIAZ
Experienced Bernie Diaz (200-C-81) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for league's leader ELOHIM and that's him to receive a Interperformances Liga Metropolitana Player of the Week award for round 8.
The 37-year old center had a double-double of 29 points and twelve rebounds, while his team outclassed GMS (#6, 1-3) with 34-point margin 91-57. It allowed ELOHIM to jump to the first place in the Guatemalan Liga Metropolitana. They maintain a perfect reco... [read more]
BERNIE DIAZ
Experienced Bernie Diaz (200-C-81) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for league's leader ELOHIM and that's him to receive a Interperformances Liga Metropolitana Player of the Week award for round 8. The 37-year old center had a double-double of 29 points and twelve rebounds, while his team outclassed GMS (#6, 1-3) with 34-point margin 91-57. It allowed ELOHIM to jump to the first place in the Guatemalan Liga Metropolitana. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but ELOHIM already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Diaz had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. It's his second year at ELOHIM and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Diaz has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (3rd best: 22.8ppg), rebounds (5th best: 9.5rpg) and averages solid 76.6% FGP.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was another ELOHIM's star - young point guard Marcelo Arriola (168-PG-98). Arriola impressed basketball fans with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Of course together with Diaz he helped ELOHIM with another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked GMS (#6, 1-3) 91-57. This victory allowed ELOHIM to move up to 1st position in the standings. A very good start of the season for his team, which won so far all 4 games without any defeat. Arriola is well-known by ELOHIM fans and together with Bernie Diaz they both established positions among team's most reliable players.
The third best performed player last round was former international forward Carlos Chavez (191-F-89) of Pampichi (#4). Chavez scored 18 points and grabbed twelve rebounds (!!!). He was a key player of Pampichi, leading his team to a 63-44 easy win against URL (#8, 0-4). Pampichi needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 2 victories and 2 lost games. Chavez has a very solid season. In 4 games in Guatemala he scored 11.5ppg.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Ruben Jerez (G-94) of ELOHIM - 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists 5. Luis Menendez (179-G-95) of URL - 14 points and 8 rebounds 6. Oscar Salguero (198-F/C-87) of ELOHIM - 8 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists 7. Anthony Guerra (178-PG-97) of GMS - 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists 8. Alfredo Montenegro (89) of Pampichi - 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists 9. Estuardo Pinzon (F-88) of ELOHIM - 2 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists 10. Luis Arias (98) of Pampichi - 8 points and 6 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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Liga Metropolitana Round 8: URL still unable to win any game - 5 days ago
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What a coincidence that all visitors won their games. Here is the last round review presented by ESL.
Bottom-ranked URL (0-4) tried to put together a comeback for its first victory of the season, but they fell short in the 63-44 loss to fifth ranked Pampichi (2-2) in Guatemala on Thursday evening. Pampichi outrebounded URL 50-26 including a 14-3 advantage in offensive rebounds. The best player for the winners was the former international forward Carlos Chavez (191-89) who had a double-... [read more]
What a coincidence that all visitors won their games. Here is the last round review presented by ESL.
Bottom-ranked URL (0-4) tried to put together a comeback for its first victory of the season, but they fell short in the 63-44 loss to fifth ranked Pampichi (2-2) in Guatemala on Thursday evening. Pampichi outrebounded URL 50-26 including a 14-3 advantage in offensive rebounds. The best player for the winners was the former international forward Carlos Chavez (191-89) who had a double-double by scoring 18 points and 12 rebounds. Naturalized American guard David Goddard (185-89) chipped in 18 points. Guard Luis Menendez (179-95) produced 14 points and 8 rebounds for the hosts. URL's coach rotated eleven players seeing no chance for a win. Pampichi moved-up to third place, which they share with Laminas C. and Club Force. URL at the other side still closes the standings with four games lost. Pampichi is looking forward to face Laminas C. (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. URL will play against GMS (#6) and hopes to get finally their first victory. The game in supposed to be also worth to mention about. Top-ranked ELOHIM (4-0) played at the court of 6th ranked GMS (1-3). ELOHIM smashed GMS 91-57. Center Bernie Diaz (200-81) orchestrated the victory with a double-double by scoring 29 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 steals. Marcelo Arriola contributed with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. point guard Anthony Guerra (178-97) replied with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists for GMS. GMS's coach gave up on the game allowing to play ten players seeing no chance for a win. ELOHIM have a solid four-game winning streak. They keep a position of league leader, which they share with USAC. GMS lost third consecutive game. They keep the sixth place with three games lost. They share the position with Villa Nueva. ELOHIM will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. GMS will play against URL (#8) and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
The game in supposed to be also worth to mention about. Top-ranked ELOHIM (4-0) played at the court of 6th ranked GMS (1-3). ELOHIM smashed GMS 91-57. ELOHIM dominated down low during the game scoring 52 of its points in the paint compared to GMS's 26. They outrebounded GMS 43-29 including a 34-22 advantage in defensive rebounds. Center Bernie Diaz (200-81) orchestrated the victory with a double-double by scoring 29 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 steals. Point guard Marcelo Arriola (168-98) contributed with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. Point guard Anthony Guerra (178-97) replied with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists and forward Alejandro Carrillo (192-88) added 17 points and 5 rebounds in the effort for GMS. GMS's coach gave up on the game allowing to play ten players seeing no chance for a win. ELOHIM have a solid four-game winning streak. They keep a position of league leader, which they share with USAC. GMS lost third consecutive game. They keep the sixth place with three games lost. They share the position with Villa Nueva. ELOHIM will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. GMS will play against URL (#8) and it may be a tough game between close rivals. Top scorers: GMS: A.Carrillo 17+5reb, A.Guerra 13+6reb+6ast, O.Julio 10+2reb, P.Luis 5+6reb, J.Castaneda 5+5reb+3ast, G.Alfonso 4 ELOHIM: B.Diaz 29+12reb+4ast, R.Jerez 20+3reb+5ast, M.Arriola 18+6reb+4ast, C.J 9+2reb, O.Salguero 8+8reb+4ast, J.Veliz 5
Bottom-ranked URL (0-4) tried to put together a comeback for its first victory of the season, but they fell short in the 63-44 loss to fifth ranked Pampichi (2-2) in Guatemala on Thursday evening. Pampichi outrebounded URL 50-26 including a 14-3 advantage in offensive rebounds. The best player for the winners was the former international forward Carlos Chavez (191-89) who had a double-double by scoring 18 points and 12 rebounds. Naturalized American guard David Goddard (185-89) chipped in 18 points. Guard Luis Menendez (179-95) produced 14 points and 8 rebounds and Erick Mejia (-96) added 10 points respectively for the hosts. URL's coach rotated eleven players seeing no chance for a win. Pampichi moved-up to third place, which they share with Laminas C. and Club Force. URL at the other side still closes the standings with four games lost. Pampichi is looking forward to face Laminas C. (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. URL will play against GMS (#6) and hopes to get finally their first victory. Top scorers: URL: L.Menendez 14+8reb+1ast, E.Mejia 10+3reb+1ast, S.Hurtarte 6+3reb+3ast, J.Miguel Sandoval 5+3reb+3ast, I.Calderon 2+2reb, E.Tobias 2+2reb+1ast Pampichi: D.Goddard 18+4reb+3ast, C.Chavez 18+12reb+1ast, M.Alfredo 10+5reb+2ast, L.Arias 8+6reb+1ast, M.Jose 3+5reb, S.Mariano 3+4reb
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