MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Bucks guard Ricky Pierce, whose 23-point scoring average led his team and all NBA reserves, Monday won the 1990 NBA Sixth Man Award.
It's the second time Pierce has won the award -- the first came in 1987.
Boston's Kevin McHale is the only other two-time winner of the award.
Pierce received 77 of a possible 92 votes from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters -- three from each NBA city and 11 representing the national media.
Indiana's Detlef Schrempf received eight votes to finish second in the balloting, followed by Phoenix's Eddie Johnson, Cleveland's John Williams and the L.A. Lakers' Orlando Woolridge with two votes each and Sacramento's Antoine Carr with one.
Pierce established a career-high scoring average this season, but he also connected on 46 of 133 (.346) 3-pointers after shooting a combined 19 of 121 (.157) in his previous seven seasons.
The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 29 minutes while coming off the bench in all 59 games he played. He also shot a team-high 51 percent from the field while leading the Bucks to their 11th straight NBA playoff appearance.
Pierce dedicated the award to his late father, Carl, who died last summer of leukemia.
'It's a great honor for me. I'm especially happy for my dad because I told him that the award was going to be for him if I won it this year,' Pierce said.
Bucks Coach Del Harris said there was 'no question' Pierce was his choice for the award.
'There are some other good ones, but all things considered, he's the most qualified this year,' Harris said.
'He's virtually unstoppable,' said New York Knicks Coach Stu Jackson. 'If there's a better sixth man, you'd have to show me.'
