Gasparico's double-double lands him Liga Metropolitana Player of the Week award

Walter Gasparico

33-year old Walter Gasparico (1989) had a very impressive game in the last round for Forza and receives a Hoops Agents Liga Metropolitana Player of the Week award for round 10.
He had a double-double of 13 points and 18 rebounds, while his team edged out Dark Knights (#6, 2-6) 65-63. Forza is placed at 3rd position in Guatemalan Liga Metropolitana. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Forza will need more victories to improve their 5-3 record. Gasparico has many years of experience at Forza, through which he has constantly improved. Gasparico has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in rebounds (3rd best: 9.0rpg).

Second best performed player last round was Cristian Diaz (2000) of Dark Knights. He is a in his first season at Dark Knights. In the last game Diaz recorded impressive 24 points and 8 rebounds. Bad luck as Dark Knights was edged by the higher-ranked Forza (#3, 5-3) 65-63. Dark Knights managed to keep the same 6th spot in the standings. 6 lost games are too many comparing to just two victories Dark Knights managed to get this year. Diaz is a newcomer at Dark Knights and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 13.6ppg (#5). He also registered 5.0 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Diego Lopez (198-F-1980) of league's second-best Azucareros. Lopez scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds. He was a key player of Azucareros, leading his team to a 55-30 easy win against the lower-ranked Coeindeguasa (#7, 1-7). Azucareros needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 5 victories and 2 lost games. Lopez has a very solid season. In 6 games in Guatemala he scored 11.7ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Pablo Cano (178-PG-1988) of Forza - 23 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Enrique Samayoa (193-PF-1982) of Villa Nueva - 15 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
6. Alex Juarez (175-PG-1993) of Azucareros - 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Juan Martinez (2001) of Dark Knights - 11 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Ludwin Garcia (1995) of Dark Knights - 12 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Yordic Velazquez (1994) of Coeindeguasa - 5 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Henry Alay) of Coeindeguasa - 11 points and 3 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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