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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Joakim Noah had 47 double-doubles and four triple-doubles this season.\u00A0(Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah\u00A0was\u00A0named the 2013-14 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Noah is the first Bulls player to win the award since Michael Jordan in 1988. Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol won the award last year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Noah collected 555 of a possible 1,125 points, including 100 first-place votes. Indiana\u2019s Roy Hibbert finished second in the voting and\u00A0the Los Angeles Clippers\u2019 DeAndre Jordan came in third.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Bulls ranked first in the NBA defensively,\u00A0allowing just 91.8 points a game. Chicago was second in field-goal percentage allowed by an opponent and also only gave\u00A0up 97.8 points per 100 possessions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Noah was first in the league in Defensive Rating, which measures points allowed when a player is on the court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JENKINS: The Maestro: Noah orchestrates Bulls on both ends of court&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Noah averaged 12.6 points, 11.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.2 steals this season for the Bulls, who are down 1-0 in their first-round playoff series against the Washington Wizards.\n&lt;strong &gt;RELATED:\u00A0Classic Joakim Noah Photos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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