The NBA announced that L.A. Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard and guard Patrick Beverley have both been named to the All-Defensive Second Team. This marks the sixth time in Leonard's career and third time in Beverley’s that they have received All-Defensive distinctions, as well as the third time in franchise history that multiple Clippers have been named to an NBA All-Defensive team in the same season.
Led by Leonard and Beverley, the Clippers' defense earned the fifth-best defensive rating (106.9) in the NBA this season.
Leonard, the two-time Defensive Player of the Year, tied for fifth in the NBA in steals per game (1.