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Canadian guard Carl English (192-G-81) had a very impressive game in the last round for Asefa Estudian., receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 10.
The 31-year old player was the main contributor (39 points, six rebounds and two assists) to his team's victory, helping them to crush Blusens M. (#11, 5-5) with 23-point margin 89-66. Asefa Estudian. maintains the 8th position in Spanish ACB. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Asefa Estudian. will need more victories to improve their 6-4 record. In the team's last game English had a remarkable eight three-pointers out of 11 attempts. He turned to be Asefa Estudian.'s top player in his first season with the team. Former University of Hawaii star has very solid stats this year. English is league's best scorer averaging so far 20.2ppg. English is in league's top in and averages impressive 54.9% FGP and 45.3% from behind 3-point line.
The second best player in last round's games was 24-year old Dominican Rep. James Feldeine (193-G-88) of Mad-Croc. Feldeine had a very good evening with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. It was enough for Mad-Croc to edge the higher-ranked Blancos de R. (#10, 5-5) in overtime 104-102. The game was between two teams which are definitely not main contenders for the title. But Mad-Croc managed to improve slightly their position in standings taking 15th place. 8 lost games are too many comparing to just two victories Mad-Croc managed to get this year. Feldeine is a newcomer at Mad-Croc, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 15.5ppg (#4).
Third on the list of top players last round was American guard Corey Fisher (186-PG-88) of FIATC Joventut (#12). Fisher scored 29 points and passed five assists. He was a key player of FIATC Joventut, leading his team to a 92-81 win against slightly lower-ranked CB Canarias (#14, 2-8). FIATC Joventut needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 5 victories and 5 lost games. Fisher has a great season in Spain. After only 9 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 14.7ppg (7th best).
Other top performing players last week:
4. Ian O'Leary (201-F-86) of Blancos de R. — 15 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists
5. Nacho Martin (205-F-83) of Blancos de R. — 26 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Javier Salgado (180-PG-80) of Lagun Aro GBC — 27 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists
7. Andres Nocioni (199-SF-79) of Caja Laboral — 21 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Henk Norel (214-C-87) of CAI Zaragoza — 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
9. Axel Hervelle (205-F-83) of Gescrap BB — 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
10. Ognjen Kuzmic (215-C-90) of FIATC Joventut — 11 points and 11 rebounds
The Player of the week is chosen 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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