Bobrov's 20 points and 8 rebounds give him Player of the Week award

- November 2, 2024

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Viacheslav Bobrov

Vyacheslav Bobrov

32-year old Ukrainian forward Vyacheslav Bobrov (203-F-1992, agency: Octagon Europe) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's best team VEF Riga and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 6.
He had the game-high 20 points adding eight rebounds and five assists for VEF Riga in his team's victory, helping them to beat TalTech (#6, 4-3) 93-80. It allowed VEF Riga to consolidate first place in the LAT-EST BL. VEF Riga have a solid 6-1 record. In the team's last game Bobrov had a remarkable 100.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be VEF Riga's top player in his first season with the team. Vyacheslav Bobrov averages this season 13.0ppg and 5.1rpg.

Second best performed player last round was Artem Kovalov (208-F/C-1997) of Keila Coolbet. He is Ukrainian forward in his first season at Keila C.. In the last game Kovalov recorded an impressive 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Of course Keila C. cruised to a 83-72 relatively comfortable win over Keila KK (#14, 0-5). This victory allowed Keila C. to move up to 7th position in the standings. His team lost some distance to top teams. But a 3-2 record is not bad and everything may still change. Kovalov is a newcomer at Keila C. and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 20.0ppg (#2). He also registered 11.0 boards per game.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Oliver Metsalu (196-PF-1993) of TalTech/OPTIBET Tallinn (#6). Metsalu scored 22 points. He was a key player of TalTech, leading his team to a 93-87 win against the lower-ranked Ventspils (#11, 2-4). TalTech needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 4 victories and 3 lost games. Metsalu has a very solid season. In 6 games in LAT-EST BL he scored 12.5ppg. He also has 4.2rpg and a FGP of 62.5%.

Other top performing players last week:
4. Issuf Sanon (194-PG-1999) of VEF Riga - 27 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
5. Taavi Jurkatamm (204-PF-1997) of TalTech - 13 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists
6. Rihards Aleksandrovs (201-PF-2002) of LU - 24 points and 11 rebounds
7. Justin McKoy (203-F-2001) of Rigas Z. - 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists
8. Jalyn McCreary (203-F-2000) of Rapla - 22 points and 3 rebounds
9. Siim-Markus Post (184-PG-1997) of TalTech - 17 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists
10. Arturs Ausejs (192-SG-1990) of Ventspils - 28 points, 6 rebounds and 3 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 : VYACHESLAV BOBROV, VEF RIGA, LATVIAN BASKETBALL, , BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, LAT-EST BL