It was announced today that Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic won the NBA Defensive Player Of The Year Award for the 3rd straight year. He was the first player to win this award 3 straight years. Howard got 114 of 120 first place votes. This was not much of a contest, Dwight has been dominate the past 3 years. I guess that Kevin Garnett or Josh Smith could have won it but it wasn't close. Kevin Garnett came in 2nd and Tyson Chandler came in 3rd. Howard averaged 22.9 PPG (11th in NBA), 14.1 RPG (2nd in NBA) and 2.4 BPG (2nd in NBA) Last year, Howard got 110 of 122 first place votes averaging 18.3 PPG (25th in NBA), 13.2 RPG (1st in NBA) and 2.8 BPG (1st in NBA). In 2008-09 got 105 of 119 first place votes averaging 20.6 PPG (18th in NBA), 13.8 RPG (1st in NBA) and 2.9 BPG (1st in NBA). Howard will probably continue to win it until someone steps up to win it. Howard can tie Ben Wallace and Dikembe Mutombo with 4 NBA Defensive Player Of Then Year Awards for most all-time next year.
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