He scored 40 points against the Philadelphia 76ers on Feb. Playing his first full season with Utah and seventh in the NBA, Clarkson recorded two games with at least 40 points, five games with at least 30 points and 23 games with at least 20 points off the bench. He also ranked ninth in the NBA in free throw percentage this season (89.6). The 203 three-pointers are the fourth-highest single-season total off the bench in NBA history. Clarkson made a career-high 208 three-pointers overall (seventh in the NBA among all players) and a league-high 203 as a reserve. His scoring average of 18.3 points as a reserve was the highest in the NBA. Joe Ingles surprises Jordan Clarkson with Kia NBA Sixth Man Award on Inside the NBA.Ĭlarkson averaged a career-high 18.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 26.7 minutes in 68 games (one start). To be eligible for the Kia NBA Sixth Man Award, players had to have come off the bench in more games than they started. 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. New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose finished in third place with 77 points (one first-place vote). Utah forward Joe Ingles finished in second place with 272 points (34 first-place votes), making this the first time that teammates hold the top two spots in voting for the Kia NBA Sixth Man Award. This is the first Sixth Man honor for Clarkson, who becomes the first player to win the annual award with the Jazz.Ĭlarkson received 65 first-place votes and earned 407 total points from a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. NEW YORK, – Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson has won the 2020-21 Kia NBA Sixth Man Award for his contributions in a reserve role, the NBA announced today. Clarkson averaged a career-high 18.4 points in the 2020-21 regular season, playing 68 of his 69 games off the bench.
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