NEW ORLEANS – The NBA announced today that Pelicans forward/center Anthony Davis and guard Jrue Holiday were named to the 2017-18 NBA All-Defensive First Team. The distinction is Davis’ first of his career, and third overall All-Defense recognition, having been named to the second team in 2015 and 2017, and Holiday’s first in his nine-year NBA career.
Davis, 6-10, 253, led the NBA in blocks per game (2.6), finished fifth in the NBA in rebounds per game (11.1), and ranked 15th in steals per game (1.5). Davis recorded four or more blocks 21 times, including 14 games of five or more blocks, and a career-high and Pelicans franchise record 10 blocks Mar.