Barnes' 29 points and 8 rebounds give him Player of the Week award

Alejandro Grant

24-year old guard Manuel Barnes (187-G-1998) had a great game in the last round for second-ranked Caballos and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
He had the game-high 29 points adding eight rebounds and four assists for Caballos in his team's victory, helping them to crush Halcones (#4, 3-4) with 16-point margin 84-68. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Caballos maintains the 2nd position in Panamanian league. They would have been even better if they did not have these two lost games earlier in Regular Season. Caballos will need more victories to improve their 4-2 record. In the team's last game Barnes had a remarkable six three-pointers out of 8 attempts. It was one of impressive evenings for him as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Manuel Barnes averages this season 9.8ppg.

Second best performed player last round was Grant Alejandro (199-SF-1993) of Halcones. He is a in his first season at Halcones. In the last game Alejandro recorded impressive double-double of 23 points and 15 rebounds. Bad luck as Halcones lost that game 68-84 to slightly higher-ranked Caballos (#2, 4-2). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Halcones still maintains its place in the top 4 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 3-4 record. Alejandro is a newcomer at Halcones and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 24.4ppg (#1). He also registered 8.6 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Adalberto Rojas (200-PF-1986) of league's leader Atletico Nacional. Rojas scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds. He was a key player of Atletico Nacional, leading his team to a 80-71 win against #3 ranked Lobos. Atletico Nacional have amazing season winning all 7 games without a single defeat. Rojas 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. Rojas has a very solid season. In 3 games in Panama he scored 13.7ppg. Adalberto Rojas has also Panamanian passport and can play in the league with a status of domestic player.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Victor Arias (197-PF-1995) of Lobos - 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Isaac Conejo (182-PG-1994) of Lobos - 12 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists
6. Joel Munoz (183-PG-1980) of Atletico Nacional - 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists
7. Jonathan King (193-SF-1990) of Atletico Nacional - 18 points and 4 rebounds
8. Ezequiel Bell (202-F/C-1999) of Caballos - 11 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Jesus Lombardo (201-C-2000) of Lobos - 24 points and 9 rebounds
10. Orlando Ortega (200-F/C-1981) of Caballos - 11 points, 11 rebounds and 2 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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