He had caught up with some predecessors in this aspect and was about to become a member of the "Defense President Mountain."
However, winning the "Best Defensive Player Award" this time was met with some sneers.
The New York Times wrote, "Ben Wallace's taking this Best Defensive Player trophy should be indisputable, if not for the last six minutes of the series' fifth game two days ago!"
The Indiana Star wrote, "If Ben Wallace is the Best Defensive Player of the season, why didn't Su Wan even make it into the Best Defensive Lineup?" They were still indignant that Su Wan hadn't made it into the "Best Defensive Array."
This time they were quite confident.
However, the topic didn't persist for long.
That evening was Game 4 of the Spurs versus SuperSonics series, and Bruce Bowen's foot slide that led to Ray Allen's exit from the game became the headline of the sports section in the media the next day.