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NEW YORK – The Oklahoma City Thunder’s James Harden is the winner of the
2011-12 Kia NBA Sixth Man Award as the league’s best player in a reserve role, the
NBA announced today. Harden, who led all NBA reserves in scoring (16.8 ppg),
came off the bench in 60 of 62 games he appeared in, helping Oklahoma City finish
with the NBA’s third-best record (47-19). Harden received 584 of a possible 595 points,
including 115 of a possible 119 first-place votes, from a panel of 119 sportswriters and
broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Louis Williams, who led the
Philadelphia 76ers in scoring (14.9 ppg) despite not starting a single game, finished
second with 231 points. Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks, who won the award in
2008-09, finished third with 81 points.
