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Toronto's Lou Williams Named 2014-15 NBA Sixth Man.
NEW YORK, April 20, 2015 – The Toronto Raptors' Lou Williams, who averaged a
career-high 15.5 points this season and helped Toronto win a franchise-record
49 games, is the winner of the 2014-15 Kia NBA Sixth Man Award as the
league's best player in a reserve role, the NBA announced today. The 6-1
guard becomes the first Raptors player to earn the honor.
Williams, in his 10th NBA season and first with the Raptors, amassed 78
first-place votes and 502 total points from a panel of 130 sportswriters and
broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Isaiah Thomas of the
Boston Celtics finished second with 324 points (33 first-place votes), and
two-time winner Jamal Crawford of the Los Angeles Clippers was third with 131
points (eight first-place votes).
Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for
each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote. To be
eligible for the award, players had to have come off the bench in more games
than they started.
Williams came off the bench in all 80 of his appearances and averaged 25.2
minutes. He led or tied for the team lead in scoring 18 times, second most in
the league for a reserve, and the Raptors went 14-4 in those games. The
28-year-old also led the Raptors in free throw percentage (86.1) and made a
career-high 152 three-pointers, nearly double his previous high of 88 set
with the 76ers in 2010-11. On March 4, Williams set a Toronto record for
points in a quarter with 21 in the fourth period against the Cleveland
Cavaliers.