Thunder's Harden named NBA Sixth Man of the Year

 　　WASHINGTON, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Oklahoma City Thunder star James Harden won the vote for NBA sixth man of the Year on Thursday.

　　Harden received 584 of a possible 595 points from the media.

　　Louis Williams, who led the Philadelphia 76ers in scoring (14.9 ppg) despite not starting a single contest, finished second with 231 points. Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks¹, who won the award in 2008-09, finished third with 81 points.

　　Harden led all reserves in scoring, averaging a career-best 16.8 points per game, 4.1 rebounds² and 3.7 assists, coming off bench in 60 of 62 games he appeared in, helping³ the Thunder post the NBA's third-best record (47-19).

1 mavericks   

未烙印的牲畜( maverick的名词复数 )； 标新立异的人，不合常规的人

参考例句：

• And what about the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki? 那达拉斯小牛队和诺维斯基呢？
• And we see it with bringing Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. 而且我们看到它同实现基德向达拉斯小牛队。

2 rebounds   

反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴

参考例句：

• V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
• In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。