Utah’s Jordan Clarkson, the only player to come off the bench and score 40 points in a game this season, was announced Monday as the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIt’s the first time a Jazz player has won the award. "I tried to get him the ball as much as possible so he could win sixth man of the year," Ingles said on TNT, which broadcast the award announcement. Clarkson averaged a career-high 18.4 points this season, coming off the bench in 67 of his 68 appearances. In all, 15 players got at least one first-, second- or third-place vote in this season's sixth man balloting.

Source: Fox News May 25, 2021 00:23 UTC