Sturty6ers
Years ago
Garnett wins DPOTY
From the morning Troll....
Boston's Kevin Garnett won the NBA's Defensive Player of the
Year Award on Tuesday for the second straight season. He
beat out Denver's Marcus Camby and Houston's Shane Battier.
The 6-foot-11 forward led the Celtics with 9.2 rebounds per
game. He added 18.8 points, 1.2 blocks and 1.4 steals.
Garnett helped the Celtics to league-best records of 66-16
(.805) overall and 31-10 (.738) on the road. Boston held
opponents to just 90.3 points (second in the NBA) after
allowing 99.2 points per game a season ago. The Celtics had
the biggest one-year turnaround in NBA history.
Garnett received 493 points, including 90 first-place votes.
Camby, who won the award last season, finished second with
178 points and Battier had 175 points.
I don't believe this is the second in a row as Marcus Camby won it last year....
