Best players of Lebanese LBL round 27 (by Hoops Agents)

Gabriel Salibi

Hicham El Helou put on an amazing game in the last round for league's second-best Atlas F. and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 27.
The had a double-double of 18 points and ten rebounds, while his team outclassed Byblos (#7, 7-11) with 32-point margin 83-51. Atlas is placed at 2nd position in Lebanese LBL. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Atlas will need more victories to improve their 12-6 record. El Helou has many years of experience at Atlas, through which he has constantly improved.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was French guard Gabriel Salibi (203-G, agency: BIG) of Hoops. Salibi impressed basketball fans with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Of course he led Hoops to another comfortable win outscoring slightly lower-ranked Moutahed (#8, 5-13) 91-70. Hoops' 6th position in the standings has not changed. His team lost some distance to top teams. But 10-8 record is not bad and everything may still change. Salibi is one of the most experienced players at Hoops and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.

The third best performed player last round was Ibrahim Haddad (98) of Moutahed (#8). Haddad scored 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Despite Haddad's great performance Moutahed lost 70-91 to slightly higher-ranked Hoops (#6, 10-8). But his team cannot count on just a single player as he also needs help of the other teammates. Moutahed can only dream about fighting for top spots in the league. They have rather bad season and 5-13 record places them close to the bottom of the standings. Haddad has individually a great season in Lebanon. After only 4 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 1.3ppg (2nd best).

Other top performing players last week:
4. Karim Jadayel (191-F-92) of Homentmen - 16 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists
5. Marc Abi-Kheres (197-F-94) of Atlas - 19 points, 20 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Joseph Zaloum (180-PG-90) of Atlas - 16 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists
7. Jean Abdel Nour (198-G/F-83) of Al Riyadi - 14 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists
8. Omar El Baba) of Homentmen - 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists
9. Amir Saoud (186-G-91) of Al Riyadi - 30 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists
10. Jad Bitar (204-C/F-88) of Champville - 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists

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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