NBA: Gobert still rewarded
For the sixth straight season, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is one of the NBA’s top five defensive teams of the season. The French particularly like Marcus Smart and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
French in the spotlight! The NBA unveiled its first and second defensive teams of the season. I’m used to it now Rudy Gobert practices one of the best for the sixth session in a rowThe hard core of the Jazz, best rebounder this season (14.7 per game) and best goalkeeper in the league in 2018, 2019 and 2021, is Acclaimed alongside Marcus Smart (Boston), Mikal Bridges (Phoenix), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee) and Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis)A hundred journalists voted to create this powerful formation which could dazzle potential opponents. Smart, the only player still in the playoffs, was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Heat (1-1), with 99 unanimous votes in support of the Defensive Five. In the back, Bridges is not far behind, only four votes missing. Then there’s the France international (76 votes), the 2020-21 NBA champion Bucks (63 votes) and the Grizzlies wing or power center (55 votes). The latter is in the Defensive Five of the season for the first time, as a Suns player.
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—NBA (@NBA) May 21, 2022
Adebayo’s boss in the second defensive five
They too had hoped to be rewarded this way, but they were placed in the second defensive formation this season. This is the case of Bam Adebayo (Miami), who is only one vote away from overtaking Jackson Jr. to finish the first team. When the Grizzlies’ opponents scored 153 points, the Heat, who were second team members for the third straight season, received 152 votes (first and second teams combined). This second defensive five also rewards Jrue Holiday (Milwaukee, 89 votes), Matisse Thybulle (Philadelphia, 87 votes), Robert Williams III (Boston, 70 votes) and Draymond Green (Golden State, 34 votes).
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