Miguel Gonzalez claims Guatemalan Liga Metropolitana weekly honour

Experienced Former international Swingman Miguel Gonzalez (187-G/F-1990) had a great game in the last round for league's leader Halcones and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 9.
The 31-year old swingman had a double-double of 26 points and twelve rebounds, while his team outclassed Amatitlan (#5, 3-5) with 43-point margin 104-61. It allowed Halcones 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 already in a full swing and Halcones still have not lost a single game, getting all 7 victories. In the team's last game Gonzalez had a remarkable 75.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Halcones' top player in his first season with the team. Gonzalez has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (6th best: 15.0ppg), rebounds (3rd best: 8.2rpg) and averages solid 3.0spg and 68.6% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was Henry Alay of Villa Nueva Jrs. Alay impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds. Of course he led Villa Nueva Jrs to another comfortable win outscoring Monjitas BTC (#8, 0-7) 88-57. This victory allowed Villa Nueva Jrs to move up to 4th position in the standings. His team's 4-4 record is not bad at all. Alay is one of the most experienced players at Villa Nueva Jrs and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was Gilberto Escobar (F) of second-ranked Villa Nueva. Escobar scored 26 points and grabbed seven rebounds. He was a key player of Villa Nueva, leading his team to a 85-58 easy win against the lower-ranked Circulo (#7, 2-6). Villa Nueva is closer and closer to top of the standings. They will still need more victories. But 7-1 record is not that bad... Escobar has a very solid season. In 8 games in Guatemala he scored 10.5ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Pablo Gonzalez (194-G/F-1989) of Halcones - 16 points and 8 rebounds
5. Ruben Rodriguez) of Villa Nueva - 12 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Carlos Gonzalez) of Monjitas BTC - 7 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists
7. Mario Reyes (2001) of Halcones - 12 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Miguel Giron (1995) of Villa Nueva Jrs - 21 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Darren Donis (2002) of Circulo - 17 points and 3 rebounds
10. Walter Gasparico (1989) of Forza - 15 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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Tags : MIGUEL GONZALEZ, HALCONES, GUATEMALAN BASKETBALL