NBA: Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro wins Sixth Man of the Year award
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Tyler Herro averaged 32.6 minutes per game in 66 appearances but started just 10 games.
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MIAMI (REUTERS) - Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro won the National Basketball Association's 2022 Sixth Man of the Year Award, the league announced on Tuesday (May 3).
He won 96 of the 100 available first-place votes for 488 total points from a voting panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
The Cleveland Cavaliers' big man Kevin Love (three first-place votes, 214 points) finished second in voting and Phoenix Suns forward Cam Johnson (one first-place vote, 128 points) was third.
In his third NBA season, Herro averaged 20.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game with 39.9 per cent shooting from three-point range for Miami, who earned the No. 1 play-off seed in the Eastern Conference.
Herro comes off the bench but plays starters' minutes. He averaged 32.6 minutes per game in 66 appearances but started just 10 games.
Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson, who won the award in 2021, finished fourth in voting this season.
