Jazz center Rudy Gobert lead all players with 196 points, including 97 First Team votes, to make the First Team for the third year in a row.
Thunder center Paul George was second with 195 points (96 First-Team Votes), while Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo had 193 points (94 First-Team votes).
Boston’s Marcus Smart (145 points, 63 First-Team votes) and Milwaukee’s Eric Bledsoe (100 points, 36 First-Team votes) round out the roster.
Each First-Team vote is worth two points, while Second-Team votes are worth one.
It marks the second time George has been on the First Team and is the first time Antetokounmpo has made either a First Team roster. Smart and Bledsoe are both first-time selections to an NBA All-Defensive Team.
Gobert, George and Antetokounmpo all are finalists for the 2018-19 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, as well.
The NBA All-Defensive Teams were selected by a global panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters, which selected an All-Defensive Second Team, as well.
Jrue Holiday, Klay Thompson, Joel Embiid, Draymond Green and Kawhi Leonard all round out the Second Team.
