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Moments in NBA History
MT. Mutombo
100

With one of the best FT forms in NBA history, this player holds the record for most steals averaged in a finals series (minimum 4 games played)

Who is Rick Barry? (3.5)

100

This player won his first DPOY in the mid 2010s, despite having 8 less first place votes than the runner up

Who is Kawhi Leonard?

100

This NBA team currently holds the record for most DPOY winners

Who are the Detroit Pistons? (6)

100

Lebron. Again. For lack of a better term, this player's dunk attempt was victimized and eviscerated by the King in the 2013 Finals for all the world to see

Who is Tiago Splitter?

100

Dikembe Mutombo was born in 1966 in this African nation

What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
200

This player, given the moniker "The Stuffer", has the most defensive win shares in NBA history with 30 more than the runner up

Who is Bill Russell?

200

This player, who's...unique defensive highlight garnered him a lot of notoriety, actually has the worst defensive rating in NBA history

Who is Collin Sexton?

200
This is the number of times a foreign born player has won the DPOY
What is 12?
200

This player converted the game winning layup in Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals, receiving the pass from Larry Bird after his iconic steal

Who is Dennis Johnson?

200
During his Junior year at Georgetown, Mutombo formed the "twin tower" lineup with this future Hall of Fame forward/center

Who is Alonzo Mourning?

300

Born before the invention of super glue and power steering, this player holds the record for most blocks in a game in NBA history

Who is Elmore Smith? (17)

300

This player received the least 1st places votes for a winner of the DPOY in NBA history

Who is Marc Gasol? (30)

300

This is the number of times the DPOY won a championship in the same year

What is 5?
300

BLOCKED BY JAMES!!! We all know the iconic play, but this player was the one who forced Andre Iguodala into the double clutch layup that made the play a possibility

Who is J.R. Smith?

300

Over the course of his career, Mutombo finished in the top 3 of DPOY voting 9 times, including a stretch of this many consecutive years

What is 8 years?

400

Often highlighted for his excellence in the clutch, this player also holds the record for most steals in a Finals game

Who is Robert Horry? (7)

400

This player won back-to-back DPOYs, despite never averaging more than 1 spg or 1 bpg during his career

Who is Dennis Rodman?

400

These players are the only non-centers or PF to win the DPOY

Who are Marcus Smart, Kawhi Leonard, Metta World Peace, Gary Payton, Michael Jordan, Michael Cooper, Alvin Robertson, and Sidney Moncrief?

400
Lost in the midst of great blocks and clutch threes in Game 7 of the 2016 Finals, this player's tight defense against Steph Curry in the closing seconds of the game held the Cavs lead at 3 and helped to secure a historic comeback

Who is Kevin Love?

400

Mutombo fractured the face of this NBA star on his birthday during the 2004-05 NBA season

Who is Lebron James?

500

Despite never finishing in top 10 for DPOY voting or on an All-Defense team in his career, this New York Knicks shooting guard held Michael Jordan to his fewest career points in a playoff game in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals

Who is Gerald Wilkins?

500

In a 2007 game between the Washington Wizards and Toronto Raptors, with the Wizards up 3, this Wizards player made a seemingly game ending steal and threw the ball into air...only for it to land in the arms of Morris Peterson, who threw up a game-tying 3 at the buzzer. The Raptors won in overtime

Who is Michael Ruffin?

500

These 10 players have won the DPOY at least twice in their careers

Who are Sydney Moncrief, Mark Eaton, Dennis Rodman, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning, Ben Wallace, Dwight Howard, Kawhi Leonard, and Rudy Gobert?

500

Jim Paxson's 3-pointer to win Game 6 of the 1993 is well known among the NBA faithful, but often forgotten is the block that came after, as this player blocked Kevin Johnson's potential game-winning floater as time expired 

Who is Horace Grant?

500

In 2006, in honor of his mother, Mutombo donated this amount of money for the completion of the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in his home country of the Congo

What is $15 million?