Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks is the winner of the 2008-09 NBA Sixth Man Award as the league?s best player in a reserve role, the NBA announced on Friday.

Terry received 576 of a possible 605 points, including 111 of a possible 121 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. J.R. Smith of the Denver Nuggets finished second with 155 points and Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks finished third with 113 points.