Manu Earns Sixth Man Award

San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili — good enough to be a starter on any team — won the NBA’s sixth man award, given to the league’s best reserve.

Ginobili led the Spurs in scoring, averaging a career-high 19.5 points to go with 4.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists.

Ginobili got 123 of 124 first-place votes for 615 points. Phoenix Suns guard Leandro Barbosa came in second with 283 points, and the Dallas Mavericks’ Jason Terry was third with 44. Barbosa won the award last year and Ginobili was second.

The last sixth man award winner to lead his team in scoring was Milwaukee’s Ricky Pierce. He averaged 23 points when he won the award in 1990.

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