The NBA released the voting on Tuesday, with Victor getting 86 first-team votes — second to Rudy Gobert.

After a phenomenal rookie season, capped by a unanimous Rookie of the Year award, Victor Wembanyama has reached rarified air, becoming the first rookie in NBA history to be selected to the Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team. Wembanyama is just the sixth rookie in the 61 years since the accolade’s inception to make any all-defensive team, joining the likes of fellow Spurs, first overall picks, and Rookie of the Year winners Tim Duncan (1998) and David Robinson (1990).

Wembanyama’s career trajectory thus far has mirrored that of the two Hall-of-Famers. His 3.6 blocks and 1.2 steals per game were nearly on par with Robinson’s 3.9 blocks and 1.7 steals in his rookie season and both were higher than Duncan’s 2.7 and 0.7 in his rookie season. With the Spurs going 22-60 this season, Wembanyama did not enjoy the same team success that Duncan and Robinson did during their rookie years – both of which oddly ended in 56-26 regular seasons and getting bounced in the Western Conference Semis for the Spurs.

Had San Antonio’s season been more successful, the runner-up in Defensive Player of the Year voting, Victor Wembanyama, likely would’ve garnered more first-place votes for DPOY than the 19 he received. The stats and accolades support the notion that Wembanyama is on pace to share the team success of his Hall of Fame predecessors soon. His historic selection to the All-Defensive First Team highlights his prowess on the defensive end, hints at a promising future for Spurs fans, and solidifies the 20-year-old as one of the NBA’s elite defensive talents.

Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Herb Jones (New Orleans Pelicans), Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers), and Rudy Gobert (Minnesota Timberwolves) were the others to round out the All-Defensive First Team. It was the first all-defensive team selection for Herb Jones and the first selection to the first team for Bam Adebayo after five previous second-team selections. For Gobert, it was his seventh first-team selection out of seven, and for Davis, his third first-team selection.

The NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of Jrue Holiday (Boston Celtics), Jalen Suggs (Orlando Magic), Alex Caruso (Chicago Bulls), Derrick White (Boston Celtics), and Jaden McDaniels (Minnesota Timberwolves). It’s the first year in recent memory where the all-defensive first team has had no guards, while the second team is primarily guards except for Minnesota’s McDaniels, the sole forward named to the squad.

As always, some notably effective defenders were left off the all-defensive teams, with only ten players able to make it each year. The most surprising snub was fellow rookie Chet Holmgren, who was third this season in blocks per game with 2.3 and fifth in defensive rating with 108.4. His teammate on the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, led the league in steals per game with 2.0 and was second in blocks amongst guards at 0.9 per game. Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks per game while anchoring an underperforming Bucks defense. Even Jokic, not normally known for his defense, finished the season third in defensive rating at 108.0 and averaged 1.4 steals and nearly a block per game.

These players were all equally as statistically deserving as some of the others who made the teams, met the new 65-game threshold for all-defensive teams this year, and Giannis, Chet, and Shai even received a few votes but ultimately fell short of a selection.

Portland -- The Trail Blazers had won 10 straight meetings against the Magic dating back to 2017, but that streak has come to an end as Portland fell 113-95 to Orlando in front of a crowd of 16,024 at Moda Center on Tuesday night. Between players out with injury, and dust still settling from trades made in recent days, Portland had just nine players in uniform, opening the opportunity for an increased role for some players in Tuesday’s game.

Justise Winslow made his first start of the season as a Trail Blazer, scoring the team’s first five points on two nothing-but-net jumpers. Winslow finished the game with 12 points, six rebounds, and three assists to go with two steals and two blocks.

Unfortunately for Portland, the three point lead they took to start the game was the largest it would be all game, as Orlando got off to a hot shooting start connecting on 52.1% of their first-half field goals, including 57.9% from three. In comparison, the Trail Blazers shot just 33.3% from the field in the opening half and were 3 for 18 from three (16.7 %).

Gary Harris’ nine first-quarter points in just four minutes off the bench gave Orlando a four-point lead heading into the second quarter. Four points was the closest Portland would come to taking the lead for the remainder of the game. Though they would cut the Orlando lead to just four in each quarter, Portland ultimately couldn’t get over that four-point hump to retake the lead.

Portland held the edge in paint points in the first half but were outscored 33 to nine from three-point territory resulting in Orlando taking a 15-point lead into halftime. Portland made a 10-2 run in the third to get the game within four points and yet another 10-2 run in the fourth to get within the magic number of four yet again but failed to convert on any go-ahead shots in the remaining minutes. In the end, the three-point shooting disparity reared its head for Portland again, as they shot 28.9% from deep for the game compared to Orlando’s 50%. The Trail Blazers were able to get to the free-throw stripe considerably more than the Magic, converting 20 of their 26 attempts compared to just six of eight for Orlando, but it mattered not as Orlando was able to secure their first victory over Portland in their last 11 attempts.

Cole Anthony was the game’s high scorer with 23 points in 35 minutes of action, while Anfernee Simons was the leading scorer for Portland recording 19 points to go with five assists and five rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic recorded his 27th double-double of the season, a mark that puts him in the top-10 in the league in that category.

Greg Brown III had a huge night recording career-highs in minutes played (19), points (15), rebounds (8), and made threes (2) to go with his signature highlight-reel dunks.

“Greg takes advantage every time. He’s playing with so much energy. Regardless of what’s happening, you can tell he’s gonna give you what he has,” said coach Chauncey Billups of Greg Brown III’s performance following the game.

“It was a blessing to be out there and help my guys… It was a big change for me so I just had to fill in the shoes and go out and do it,” said Brown III of his increased role and the opportunity he had Tuesday and likely moving forward throughout the rest of the season.

Tuesday's game was the first of a back-to-back for the Trail Blazers who will take on the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night at Moda Center. The Lakers are also coming in off of a back-to-back having lost to the Bucks. Tip-off for that game is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.