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J.R. Smith is NBA Sixth Man of the Year
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/22/its-official-j-r-smith-is-nba-sixth-man-of-the-year/His strong end of the season — Smith averaged better than 23 points a game over his last 15 games — pushed him past the Clippers Jamal Crawford, who came in second. The Warriors Jarrett Jack finished third in the voting.
This is a fair result (sorry Clippers fans). There was a time this was dubious award, but in the last decade plus a lot of coaches have gone to playing what should be a starter coming off the bench (Manu Ginobili is maybe the most famous example). You want that guy off the bench to be somebody that can light up the scoreboard and change the game.
