Lou Williams Wins NBA's 2014-15 Sixth Man of the Year Award

Fresh off their most successful regular season in franchise history, the Toronto Raptors can now add a bit of hardware to the campaign, as Lou Williams has been named the NBA's 2014-15 Sixth Man of the Year. 

Paul Coro of AZCentral.com had the report Monday:

Per Howard Beck of Bleacher Report, Jamal Crawford of the Los Angeles Clippers finished third in the voting. Here are the full results:

Player	Team	1st Place (5 pts)	2nd Place (3 pts)	3rd Place (1 pt)	Total
Lou Williams	Toronto	78	34	10	502
Isaiah Thomas	Boston	33	46	21	324
Jamal Crawford	L.A. Clippers	8	18	37	131
Andre Iguodala	Golden State	7	16	17	100
Tristan Thompson	Cleveland	--	6	15	33
Nikola Mirotic	Chicago	1	4	7	24
Marreese Speights	Golden State	1	2	9	20
Corey Brewer	Houston	1	1	4	12
Manu Ginobili	San Antonio	--	3	3	12
Taj Gibson	Chicago	1	--	3	8
Aaron Brooks	Chicago	--	--	1	1
Chris Kaman	Portland	--	--	1	1
Anthony Morrow	Oklahoma City	--	--	1	1
Dennis Schroder	Atlanta	--	--	1	1

DeMar DeRozan spoke about his teammate's honor following the announcement, via Josh Lewenberg of TSN:

While a Sixth Man of the Year Award might not be a big deal for many NBA organizations, it certainly is for the Raptors, as Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star noted:

For clarification, Arthur was only considering players, as Sam Mitchell won the Coach of the Year Award in the 2006-07 season, and Bryan Colangelo won Executive of the Year that same season.

Williams, 28, averaged a career-high 15.5 points and 2.1 assists this season in just 25.2 minutes per contest. Only DeRozan (20.1 PPG) and Kyle Lowry (17.8 PPG) averaged more points for Toronto this season.

Turner Sports' Matt Winer weighed in on Williams' winning the award and the work it took to get back to the point he's at now:

The Raptors will be hoping Williams can continue giving the team a spark off the bench, especially as they try to rebound from a Game 1 overtime loss to the Washington Wizards in their opening-round playoff series. He struggled in the 93-86 defeat, finishing with just 10 points on 4-of-16 shooting.

Williams has certainly established himself as a huge contributor for the Raptors this season, so he'll need to be on his A-game to help Toronto get past Washington and advance deeper into the postseason.