After winning the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award, it’s only right that Marcus Smart led the way on the All-Defensive team.
Smart received the most first-place votes and most total points while being named to the All-Defensive First Team on Friday night, the league announced.
He was followed closely by Phoenix’s Mikal Bridges, who took second in the Defensive Player of the Year race. Utah’s Rudy Gobert, Milwaukee star and MVP finalist Giannis Antetokounmpo and Memphis’ Jaren Jackson Jr. then rounded out the first team.
The 2021-22 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team:
ud83cudfc0 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee)
ud83cudfc0 Mikal Bridges (Phoenix)
ud83cudfc0 Rudy Gobert (Utah)
ud83cudfc0 Jaren Jackson Jr.