Bell's 16 points and 6 rebounds give him Player of the Week award

Ezequiel Bell

23-year old power forward Ezequiel Bell (202-F/C-1999) put on an amazing game in the last round for Caballos and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 7.
He had the game-high 16 points adding six rebounds for Caballos in his team's victory, helping them to crush Halcones (#4, 5-7) with 24-point margin 72-48. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Caballos maintains the 3rd position in Panamanian league. Caballos 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 6-6 record. In the team's last game Bell had a remarkable 85.7% from 2-point range. It was one of impressive evenings for him as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Bell has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in rebounds (3rd best: 8.6rpg) and averages solid 50.9% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Michael Hicks (196-F-1976). He is a forward in his first season at Caballos. In the last game Hicks recorded impressive 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Bad luck as Caballos was edged by slightly lower-ranked Centinelas (#5, 5-7) 74-71. Caballos managed to keep the same 3rd spot in the standings. His team's 6-6 record is not bad at all. Hicks is a newcomer at Caballos and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 17.2ppg (#3). He also registered 8.2 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Armani Cotton (201-G-1991) of Centinelas (#5). Cotton scored 21 points and grabbed six rebounds. He was a key player of Centinelas, leading his team to a 74-71 win against slightly higher-ranked Caballos (#3, 6-6). Cotton has a great season in Panama. After only 7 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.1ppg (4th best) and rebounds with 8.4rpg (4th best). Armani Cotton has also Panamanian passport and can play in the league with a status of domestic player.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Brandon Franklin (208-F-2001) of Universitarios - 21 points and 12 rebounds
5. Bryan Flores (181-SG-1992) of Atletico Nacional - 24 points and 3 rebounds
6. Lucas Chavez (187-SG-1995) of Centinelas - 13 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists
7. Aldimir Castillo (203-F/C-2002) of Caballos - 10 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Amir Alvarado (198-SF-1984) of Lobos - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Kendarius Smith (178-PG-1996) of Halcones - 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists
10. Joel Munoz (183-PG-1980) of Atletico Nacional - 11 points, 5 rebounds and 10 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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