Best players of Nicaraguan LSB round 9

Osmel Oliva

Puerto Rican Christian Lopez (183-PG-95) had a great game in the last round for Indigenas and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 9.
The 26-year old playmaker got a double-double of 50 points and eleven assists, while his team lost the game against Ingenieria (#4, 4-2) 99-104. Indigenas maintains the 8th position in Nicaraguan LSB. The season is still in it's early stage, so the team may have a chance to improve their current position in the standings. They lost 5 games and had just one victory. In the team's last game Lopez had a remarkable 60.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Indigenas' top player in his first season with the team. Lopez has impressive league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 32.8ppg. Lopez is in league's top in assists (2nd best: 5.7apg) and averages solid 54.3% FGP.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 34-year old Cuban point guard Osmel Oliva (180-PG-87) of Ingenieria. Oliva impressed basketball fans with a triple-double of 40 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. It was enough for Ingenieria to edge the lower-ranked Indigenas (#8, 1-5) by 5 points 104-99. Ingenieria's 4th position in the standings has not changed. His team's 4-2 record is not bad at all. Oliva is a newcomer at Ingenieria and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 29.5ppg (#2). His other stats are also decent: 8.8rpg and 5.5apg.

The third best performed player last round was Jeremy Agosto (F) of second-ranked Cacique D.. Agosto got into 30-points club by scoring exactly 30 points in the last round. He went also for eight rebounds and ten assists. He was a key player of Cacique D., leading his team to a 92-91 win against #3 ranked Real Esteli in a game of the week. Cacique D. needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 4 victories and 2 lost games. Agosto has a great season in Nicaragua. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 25.3ppg (4th best) and assists with 9.5apg (best passer).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Josimar Ayarza (205-PF-87) of Real Esteli - 22 points and 7 rebounds
5. Xavier de la Rosa (196-F-91) of Cacique D. - 27 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Rudy Taylor (198-C-83) of Ingenieria - 17 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Glen Rice Jr. (198-F-91) of Real Esteli - 16 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists
8. Akeme Ashton (C) of Ingenieria - 13 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists
9. Jensen Campbell (198-C/F-98) of Real Esteli - 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Vansdell Thomas (185-G-86) of Real Esteli - 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 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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