Sixth Man Voting: Smith got Twice as Many First-Place Votes as Crawford

NEW YORK — Well, you can’t exactly call it a landslide.

But it certainly was a more decisive vote than many might have anticipated.

J.R. Smith, who led all reserves in scoring, received 72 first-place votes to Crawford’s 31 in winning the NBA’s Sixth Man award Monday.

Jarrett Jack of Golden State received 14 first-place votes and finished third.

My vote went to Smith, who had seven 30-point games in which the Knicks went 5-2. Crawford scored 30 once — one of the deciding factors I used when casting my official NBA ballots, which you can review here.

Here are the vote totals from the NBA:

 

Player                      Team               1^st Place (5 pts)  2^nd Place (3 Pts)    3^rd Place (1 Pt)   Total Points

J.R. Smith                   New York                 72                       39                          7                      484

Jamal Crawford        LA Clippers              31                       59                          20                    352

Jarrett Jack                Golden State           14                       15                          55                    170

Kevin Martin             OKC                               2                         3                            12                    31

Ryan Anderson         New Orleans              1                         1                            3                      11

Andre Miller              Denver                        —                         —                            7                      7

Jordan Crawford     Boston                          1                         —                            —                      5

Manu Ginobili           San Antonio               —                         1                            1                      4

Carl Landry                Golden State              —                         1                            1                      4

Nate Robinson          Chicago                       —                         —                            4                      4

Corey Brewer            Denver                        —                         1                              1                      4

Ramon Sessions       Charlotte                    —                         —                             2                      2

Shane Battier             Miami                          —                         —                             2                      2

Luke Babbitt              Portland                     —                         —                             1                      1

Gordon Hayward     Utah                            —                         —                              1                      1

Vince Carter              Dallas                          —                         —                              1                      1

J.J. Redick                 Milwaukee                —                         —                              1                      1