The Los Angeles Lakers posted the best defense in the NBA this season, allowing just 106.8 points per 100 possessions over their 72 games. A variety of players contributed to that across the roster, but none of them were deemed worthy of either the First or Second NBA All-Defensive teams by this year’s media voting contingent.
The league announced the teams and results of the voting on Monday, and while Anthony Davis, Dennis Schröder Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Alex Caruso all got votes from the media, none got enough to make the team, despite head coach Frank Vogel lobbying hard for the last two as the season wound to a close.