The point guard Payton Pritchard, was elected on Tuesday, the NBA, award granted to the best player from the reserve bench. In his fifth season in the league, all with the Celtics, Pritchard surpassed the competition with clearance by receiving 454 points in total, including 82 of the 100 first -place votes.
Malik Beasley, from Detroit Pistons, was second with 279 points and 13 votes from first place. The third finalist, Ty Jerome of Cleveland Cavaliers, added 91 points and was chosen as the best by two voters.
With averages of 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 80 matches – starting in only three of them – Pritchard had the best season of his career. He finished the regular phase as the fifth highest scorer of the champion team of last season and led the League at points from the bank, with 1,079 in total.
In addition, the shipowner had a 40.7% use in the three balls, converting 255 long -range throws – 246 of them as a reserve, establishing a new record in NBA history.
