Keegan Murray finishes fifth in Rookie of the Year voting

Sacramento Kings rookie Keegan Murray’s impressive season has ended with a top-five finish in the Rookie of the Year voting.

The forward received three second-place votes and 12 third-place votes to finish with 21 points to secure a fifth-place finish in the voting process.

First-overall pick and Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero took home the award after receiving 98 first-place votes.

Murray, the Kings’ fourth-overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft out of Iowa, has been a critical piece of this season’s impressive play that has put them in an NBA Playoff series for the first time since 2006.

The 22-year-old finished the regular season with averages of 12.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while shooting 45 percent from the field and 41 percent from three-point range over 80 appearances.

It was a record-breaking rookie season for Murray, who topped Donovan Mitchell’s rookie three-point record of 187 made triples. Murray finished the season with 206 made threes–the sixth-most during a single season in Sacramento Kings franchise history.

Among players that attempted at least 400 three-point field goals this season, Murray ranks fifth in three-point field goal percentage (.410). The rookie converted five-or-more three-point field goals in 10 games this season. No other rookie did so on more than three occasions.

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