Junior Peralta gets MVP of the Week award for Paraguayan LNB (Second Stage) - by Hoops Agents

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Junior Peralta (170-G/F) put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for Libertad A. and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 3 (Second Stage).
The swingman had the game-high 28 points adding seven rebounds and five assists for Libertad A. in his team's victory, helping them to crush, Second Stage bottom-ranked team Felix Perez (#6, 0-4) with 25-point margin 89-64. Libertad A. maintains the 3rd position in Paraguayan LNB. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost two games earlier this stage. Libertad A. will need more victories to improve their 3-2 record. In the team's last game Peralta had a remarkable 68.8% from 2-point range. He turned to be Libertad A.'s top player in his first season with the team. Peralta has impressive league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 23.1ppg. Peralta is in league's top in rebounds (4th best: 8.0rpg) and averages solid 66.3% FGP and 52.5% from behind 3-point line.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was another Libertad A.'s star - young international power forward Edison Ortiz (197-F/C-1982). Ortiz impressed basketball fans with a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds. Of course together with Peralta he helped Libertad A. with another comfortable win outscoring Mariscal E. (0-3) 103-83. The Second Stage is still at the very beginning and this victory may help a lot. Let's wait for the next round. Ortiz is one of the most experienced players at Libertad A. and similarly like Junior Peralta has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was Eduardo Ramos of Mariscal E. (#5). Ramos scored 29 points and passed four assists. Despite Ramos' great performance Mariscal E. lost 83-103 to Libertad A. (#3, 3-2). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. Mariscal E. can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have awful Second Stage losing so far all 3 games. Too bad for Ramos he does not play for a better team. But maybe if he did, his season stats would not be that high. Ramos has a very solid season. In 3 games in Paraguay he scored 23.3ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Manuel Aponte (179-PG-1992) of Libertad A. - 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Diego Bareiro (195-F-1991) of Libertad A. - 16 points and 10 rebounds
6. Nestor Lopez (2000) of Colonias G. - 13 points and 15 rebounds
7. Javier Martinez (188-G-1978) of Olimpia K. - 16 points and 6 rebounds
8. Maxsuel Roque) of Felix Perez - 19 points and 4 rebounds
9. Jorge Martinez (178-PG-1998) of Libertad A. - 21 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists
10. Adolfo Lopez) of Olimpia K. - 14 points and 5 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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