One day after his team stifled defending champion Denver without him, Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert on Tuesday won a record-tying fourth NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.
It ties him with fellow centers Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace for the most DPOY awards won by a NBA player.
Gobert won his in 2017, 2018, 2021 and now 2024. Now 31, he's also a four-time NBA All-Star and six-time All-Defensive first-team player.
He beat out San Antonio's rookie sensation and fellow French star Victor Wembanyama, among others, in media voting.
Gobert is the second Timberwolves player to win one of the NBA's major postseason awards.