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Domantas Sabonis was an outstanding contributor off of the Indiana Pacer’s bench in 2018-19. It's not just that the stats are impressive or that he was better than reliable at both ends of the floor. He set a couple of records for bench players this past season. First, he played in 74 games and had 30 double-doubles, 27 of which came as a substitute. This is the most double-doubles ever recorded in the NBA by a reserve player.
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As mentioned earlier, not only was Sabonis on the court less than his competition for the 6th man award, several of his teammates in Indiana who also came off the bench played more than he did. However, he maximized his time on the floor and with just 9.5 field goal attempts per game he set an Indiana Pacers record for field goal percentage at 59%. He was an accurate scorer and he was positively involved in Indiana’s successes and failures in 2018-19.
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Ultimately, without being the most dominant scorer off of the bench, Domantas Sabonis has an extremely strong case to be the 6th man of the year award winner in 2019.
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