Liz's 25 points and 8 assists give him Player of the Week award

by LatinBasket.com

37-year old shooting guard Victor Liz (190-SG-1986, agency: BMS Sport Agency) had a great game in the last round for league's best team Pueblo Nuevo and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 4.
He had the game-high 25 points adding six rebounds and eight assists for CPN in his team's victory, helping them to crush, the league's bottom-ranked team Cedar Park C. (#3, 0-4) with 21-point margin 67-46. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed CPN to consolidate first place in the United Cup. They maintain a perfect record without any lost game in the league. The season is still on an early stage, but CPN already had a very good start winning all 4 without losing a single one. In the team's last game Liz had a remarkable four three-pointers out of 9 attempts. He just recently signed at CPN and just after two games he already turned to be a very valuable addition to the team. Liz has impressive league stats. He is league's best scorer averaging so far 22.5ppg and is league's best passer with 5.5apg. Liz is in league's top in and averages solid 44.4% from behind 3-point line.

Second best performed player last round was Nargenis Ulloa (182-G-1997) of top-ranked San Sebastian. He is a guard in his first season at San Sebastian. In the last game Ulloa recorded an impressive 25 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Of course San Sebastian cruised to a 70-58 relatively comfortable win over slightly lower-ranked Crocs (#3, 1-3). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. San Sebastian consolidated its place in the very top position of the standings. His team has currently 3-1 record. Ulloa is one of the most experienced players at San Sebastian and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 20.8ppg (#2). His other stats are also decent: 5.8rpg and 3.3apg.

Third place about best performers goes to guard Oliver Garcia (188-G-1996) of league's second-best Immortals de Cibao. Garcia showcased his all-around game by recording 22 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in the last round. He was a key player of Immortals, leading his team to a 83-63 easy win against #2 ranked Georgia P.. Immortals needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 2 victories and 2 lost games. Garcia has a great season in United Cup. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 17.8ppg (4th best) and assists with 5.0apg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Nehemias Morillo (197-PF-1992) of Immortals - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists
5. Angel Rivas (198-F-1993) of Immortals - 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Derekjeter Mejia (182-G-2001) of San Sebastian - 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
7. Miguel Almonte (200-PF-1991) of CPN - 10 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Jamaya Burr (183-PG-1995) of Georgia P. - 15 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
9. David Thompson (183-PG) of Immortals - 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Leonacis Pena (201-F/C-2002) of CPN - 10 points and 8 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)