J.R. Smith wins Sixth Man award

Updated: 2013-04-24 05:34

(China Daily)

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J.R. Smith won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award on Monday after turning a role he didn't want into one of the strengths of the New York Knicks' first division championship team in nearly two decades.

J.R. Smith wins Sixth Man award

Smith received 484 points, including 72 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 writers and broadcasters. The Clippers' Jamal Crawford finished second with 352 points, getting 31 first-place votes.

Smith played for the CBA's Zhejiang Golden Bulls in the 2011-12 season.

Smith averaged 18.1 points in 80 games, all off the bench. He had 29 games in which he scored 20 points as a reserve, tying Crawford for the NBA lead.

The 1.98-meter swingman wanted to start, but said he accepted it fairly quickly once coach Mike Woodson told him he would be a reserve.

The New Jersey native had his best NBA season, helping the Knicks to their first Atlantic Division title since 1994.

"I just wanted to show everybody that I could be a team guy and it's all about the team," Smith said.

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