POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
Ali Sewari had a very impressive game in the last round for Nift Al-Shamal and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 25.
The had a double-double of 11 points and fourteen rebounds, while his team beat Al-Tadamoun (#7, 5-9) 90-81. Nift Al-Shamal is placed at 8th position in Iraqi Superleague. Nift Al-Shamal is rather a weak team placed in lower part in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 5-10 record. It was one of impressive evenings for Sewari as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Ali Sewari averages this season 8.8ppg and 7.2rpg.
The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was another Nift Al-Shamal's star - 28-year old forward Jasim Mahdi (191-F-92). Mahdi impressed basketball fans with 22 points and 8 rebounds. Of course Nift Al-Shamal cruised to a 90-81 relatively comfortable win over slightly higher-ranked Al-Tadamoun (#7, 5-9). This victory allowed Nift Al-Shamal to move up to 8th position in the standings. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 5-10 record. Mahdi is a newcomer at Nift Al-Shamal and despite he is not a team leader yet, every game he becomes more reliable player. Hopefully performances like the last one will happen more often.
The third best performed player last round was Hussein Al-Murshedi of Al-Tadamoun (#7). Al-Murshedi scored 17 points and grabbed ten rebounds. Despite Al-Murshedi's great performance Al-Tadamoun lost 81-90 to slightly lower-ranked Nift Al-Shamal (#8, 5-10). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. The chances of Al-Tadamoun not to end season at such low position in the league, however are less than slim as they have already lost 9 games, recording just five victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Al-Murshedi could try to bring Al-Tadamoun's a little bit higher in the standings. Al-Murshedi has a very solid season. In 14 games in Iraq he scored 7.5ppg.
Other top performing players last week:
4. Mohammed Al-Fahham) of Al-Tadamoun - 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists
5. Brwa Hama Saeed) of Nift Al-Shamal - 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Hayder Al-Ameri) of Al-Tadamoun - 10 points and 6 rebounds
7. Mohammed Al-Lawi) of Nift Al-Shamal - 11 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Sadeq Almayali) of Al-Tadamoun - 15 points and 5 rebounds
9. Rashwan Kadhim) of Al-Tadamoun - 12 points and 3 rebounds
10. Abdullah Dulaimi) of Al-Tadamoun - 2 points and 7 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)
