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Clemente Almanza

Jalen Williams finishes No. 2 in Rookie of the Year award voting

The league announced its Rookie of the Year award winner, Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero.

Oklahoma City Thunder wing Jalen Williams finished in second place despite making a strong late push. Williams finished with 75 second-place votes and 16 third-place votes for a 241 points. Banchero had 494 points.

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The full voting results can be viewed below:

Williams was named a finalist for the award along with Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler.

In 75 games, Williams averaged 14.1 points on 52.1% shooting, 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists. He shot 35.6% from 3 on 2.7 attempts.

The Thunder end their award campaign by finishing runner-up for Most Improved Player of the Year (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander), Coach of the Year (Mark Daigneault) and Rookie of the Year (Williams).

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