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2 Houston Rockets snubbed by the All-Defense team

Christian Wood #35 of the Houston Rockets (Photo by Ronald Cortes/Getty Images)

To no one’s surprise, no Houston Rocket made the NBA’s recently released All-NBA defensive team selections. The expected names were there like Draymond Green and Rudy Gobert on the first team and Kawhi Leonard and Joel Embiid wrapping up the second.

All in all, most of the selections came as no surprise to NBA fans; however, a closer in-depth look at the total voting provided some surprise to a certain NBA fanbase. The Houston Rockets.

How Christian Wood was the Houston Rockets’ defensive anchor

Houston’s prized free-agent acquisition this past offseason, Christian Wood, was awarded one second-team vote.