Al-Zuhairi's double-double lands him Player of the Week award

Ihab Al-Zuhairi

22-year old center Ihab Al-Zuhairi (209-C-98) had a very impressive game in the last round for league's best team Al Naft and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 35.
He had a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds, while his team crushed Al-Hashd (#3, 16-5) with 17-point margin 93-76. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. It allowed Al Naft to consolidate first place in the Iraqi league. Al Naft has a very good season and are considered to have a run for the championship title. They improved their record to 21-1. Al-Zuhairi has many years of experience at Al Naft, through which he has constantly improved. Al-Zuhairi has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (6th best: 17.4ppg).

Second best performed player last round was Sajjad Al-Saedi of Al-Hashd. He is a in his first (recently joined) season at Al-Hashd. In the last game Al-Saedi recorded impressive 21 points and 6 rebounds. Bad luck as Al-Hashd lost that game 76-93 to slightly higher-ranked Al Naft (#1, 21-1). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. Al-Hashd still maintains its place in the top 3 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team's 16-5 record is not bad at all. Al-Saedi is one of the most experienced players at Al-Hashd and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 10.3ppg (#9). He also registered 4.8 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to another Al Naft's star - forward Ali Hamad (193-F-86). Hamad scored 19 points and passed four assists. He was another key player of Al Naft, helping his team with a 93-76 easy win against #3 ranked Al-Hashd. Many experts and fans count Al Naft as a contender for championship title. Another victory and another confirmation that they may be right. Just look at their record: 21 victories and only one lost game. They are currently at the very top of the standings. Hamad has a very solid season. In 21 games in Iraq he scored 9.6ppg.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Ali Ismael (199-F-94) of Al Naft - 9 points and 8 rebounds
5. Mohamad Haidar (203-F/C-90) of Al-Hashd - 8 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists
6. Karrar Hamzah (187-G/F-95) of Al Naft - 9 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists
7. Ahmed Al-Nasrawi (187-SG-89) of Al-Hashd - 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Abbas Al-Draisawi (188-G-98) of Al-Hashd - 7 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists
9. Thulfiqar Hammoodi (196-F-92) of Al-Hashd - 6 points and 6 rebounds
10. Fareed Mahdi (G) of Al Naft - 10 points and 2 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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