Jason Terry, who could be this season's Sixth Man of the Year, modeled his game after Ricky Pierce as a boy in Seattle. Pierce averaged 14.9 points per game over 16 seasons, primarily with the Bucks and Sonics.

"He said if you can shoot with the lights off," Terry said, "when the lights come on you'll be able to knock them down."

Terry is averaging 19.8 points off the bench, the most a player has in 19 years. The last player to average more was Pierce.

"I don't think there's any question he's going to win it," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle says of Terry's chances to win the award. "I don't know of anyone who is close to him in terms of what he's done.

"He's been great all year."

Via Dallas Morning News

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