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The NBA announced that LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard has been named to the All-Defensive Second Team. This marks the third consecutive season and the seventh time in Leonard’s career that he has received All-Defensive honors.

Led by Leonard, the Clippers finished eighth in defensive rating (114.9) this season and fifth in net rating (6.0).

A two-time Defensive Player of the Year, Leonard ranked fourth in the NBA in net rating (12.2) and tied for fifth in steals per game (1.6) this season while appearing in 52 games and averaging career highs in assists (5.2) and minutes played (34.1). The 6-foot-7 forward was the only player in the NBA this season to average at least 22 points and 1.6 steals. Leonard was previously named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team in 2017, 2016, and 2015. He was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2020, 2019, and 2014.

The 2020-21 NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of Kawhi Leonard (LA Clippers), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat), Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers) and Matisse Thybulle (Philadelphia 76ers).

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Kawhi Leonard Named To All-Defensive Team

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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 (1.8) this season, while appearing in 57 games for the Clippers and averaging career-highs in points (27.1), assists (4.9) and defensive rebounds (6.1). Leonard was previously named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team in 2017, 2016 and 2015 and to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2019 and 2014.

This year, Beverley ranked second on the team in steals per game (1.1) and recorded the fifth-most defensive rebounds per game (4.1) by any player listed at 6-foot-3 inches and under. Beverley was previously named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team in 2016 and to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2014.

The 2019-20 NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of Kawhi Leonard (L.A. Clippers), Brook Lopez (Milwaukee Bucks), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Patrick Beverley (L.A. Clippers) and Eric Bledsoe (Milwaukee Bucks).

All‑Defensive Team

Kawhi Leonard Named To All-Defensive Team

Kawhi Leonard and Patrick Beverley Named to All-Defensive Team