Garnett Earns Defensive Player of the Year Award

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Garnett Earns Defensive Player of the Year Award

Story Created: Apr 22, 2008 at 5:11 PM CDT

Story Updated: Apr 22, 2008 at 5:28 PM CDT

(4-22-08)

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NEW YORK (AP) - Boston's Kevin Garnett won the NBA's defensive
player of the year award Tuesday. 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.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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