Dwight Howard's triple-double lands him Player of the Week award

37-year old center Dwight Howard (211-C-1985) had a great game in the last round for Taoyuan L. and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 24.
He recorded a triple-double of 28 points adding also 22 rebounds and 14 assists, while his team crushed Kaohsiung A. (#2, 11-7) with 21-point margin 137-116. Taoyuan L. maintains the 6th position in Taiwanese league. Too late to salvage the team, which is currently ranked at the very bottom. They already lost 11 games and recorded just three victories. In the team's last game Howard had a remarkable 100.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Taoyuan L.'s top player in his first season with the team. Dwight Howard averages this season 24.0ppg, 14.1rpg and 6.1apg.

Second best performed player last round was Yu-An Chiang (174-PG-1991) of TB Herobears. He is international guard in his 4th season at TB Herobears. In the last game Chiang recorded impressive 42 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists. Bad luck as TB Herobears lost that game 110-120 to slightly higher-ranked Tainan GH (#3, 9-8). It was definitely game of the week between two contenders to the title. TB Herobears still maintains its place in the top 4 of the standings, even despite this loss. His team is not often considered as one of the league's best with a mere 7-9 record. Chiang is one of the most experienced players at TB Herobears and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 17.9ppg (#9). His other stats are also decent: 4.6rpg and 5.1apg.

Third place about best performers goes to center Sim Bhullar (226-C-1992) of Tainan GH (#3). Bhullar got into 30-points club by scoring 34 points in the last round. He went also for thirteen rebounds . He was a key player of Tainan GH, leading his team to a 120-110 win against #4 ranked TB Herobears. Tainan GH needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 9 victories and 8 lost games. Bhullar has a great season in Taiwan. After 10 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 19.6ppg (8th best) and rebounds with 11.6rpg (3rd best). He also has 1.8bpg and FGP: 68.2%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. John Bohannon (211-C-1991) of Kaohsiung A. - 25 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists
5. Deyonta Davis (211-PF-1996) of Taoyuan L. - 21 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists
6. Jason Brickman (183-G-1991) of Kaohsiung A. - 20 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists
7. Michael Efevberha (195-G-1984) of Taoyuan L. - 25 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists
8. Kai-Hsiang Hu (190-G-1991) of Tainan GH - 22 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists
9. Long-Mao Hu (195-SF-1992) of Kaohsiung A. - 21 points and 8 assists
10. Milenko Veljkovic (218-C-1995) of TB Herobears - 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 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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Tags : DWIGHT HOWARD, TAOYUAN LEOPARDS, TAIWANESE BASKETBALL