Guatemalan Liga Metropolitan round 5 best performance: Luis Perez

Luis Perez

Luis Perez (1998) had a very impressive game in the last round for Amatitlan, receiving a Hoops Agents Liga Metropolitan Player of the Week award for round 5.
The 24-year old player had a double-double of 28 points and 19 rebounds, while his team outclassed Dark Knights (#7, 1-4) with 71-point margin 97-26. Amatitlan maintains the 4th position in Guatemalan Liga Metropolitan. Amatitlan is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 2-2 record. In the team's last game Perez had a remarkable 61.1% from 2-point range. He turned to be Amatitlan's top player in his first season with the team. Luis Perez has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (6th best: 14.0ppg).

The second best player in last round's games was young David Monterroso (180-PG-1979) of league's second-best Halcones. Monterroso had a very good evening with 29 points and 9 rebounds. Of course he led Halcones to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Coeindeguasa (#6, 1-4) 81-45. Halcones' second position in the standings has not changed. A very good start of the season for his team, which won so far all 3 games without any defeat. Monterroso is well-known at Halcones and is a proven leader in his second season with the team. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 32.7ppg (#1). He also registered 9.0 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was forward Victor Sosa (190-F-1988) of league's top team Azucareros. Sosa showcased his all-around game by recording 22 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the last round. He was a key player of Azucareros, leading his team to a 57-54 win against #3 ranked Forza in a game of the week. Azucareros started extremely well this year. They recorded 4 victories without losing a single game. Sosa turns to be one of the very best players in the league while he is also a leader of the top team having his eyes on the championship title. Sosa has a great season in Guatemala. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 14.5ppg (4th best), rebounds with 8.5rpg (6th best) and assists with 1.8apg (8th best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Miguel Gonzalez (187-G/F-1990) of Halcones - 16 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Dilan Castillo (2003) of Amatitlan - 19 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Wilmer Corado (186-F-1991) of Forza - 11 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Pablo Gonzalez (194-G/F-1989) of Halcones - 12 points and 7 rebounds
8. Hector Chur (1999) of Halcones - 16 points and 3 rebounds
9. Carlos Sanchez) of Coeindeguasa - 12 points and 12 rebounds
10. Dereck Morgan) of Amatitlan - 8 points and 7 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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