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Lakers' Anthony Davis is making his case for Defensive Player of the Year

SALT LAKE CITY - Ask Anthony Davis about the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award and the first thing he brings up is failure.

"A couple of years ago, I feel like I should have won it," Davis told ESPN, looking back on his third-place finish in the 2017-18 season behind Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, who's now earned the honors two seasons in a row.

It was the second top-five finish of his career - he also lost out to Kawhi Leonard a couple of years prior.