who did jordan beat out for defensive player of the year

Michael Jordan won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 1987-88.

		NAME	DPOY	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1		Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270

	NAME	DATE	DPOY	SEASON	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/24/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	BOS	44	46	6	6	1	1	16	25	64.0	0	1	0.0	14	15	93.3	72.8	0	6	3	3
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/22/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	CLE	42	26	1	7	4	1	12	26	46.2	0	0		2	2	100.0	48.4	1	0	2	5
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/21/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	BOS	41	39	3	8	2	1	17	33	51.5	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	54.7	3	0	4	5
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/19/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	NYK	40	47	5	2	2	1	18	27	66.7	0	2	0.0	11	13	84.6	71.8	3	2	6	4
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/17/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	MIL	38	44	3	6	4	3	17	29	58.6	0	1	0.0	10	14	71.4	62.6	1	2	2	4
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/15/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	NJN	39	28	0	4	2	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		6	8	75.0	59.5	0	0	3	5
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/14/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	IND	38	35	6	3	3	1	12	28	42.9	0	2	0.0	11	12	91.7	52.6	2	4	2	3
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/8/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	NYK	43	40	6	3	8	1	13	24	54.2	0	0		14	18	77.8	62.7	3	3	3	4
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/6/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	MIL	44	37	6	6	3	1	12	22	54.5	0	0		13	13	100.0	66.7	1	5	5	5
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/5/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	WAS	42	29	3	1	4	1	12	20	60.0	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	61.6	1	2	6	4
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/3/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	DET	42	59	4	6	2	2	21	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/1/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	POR	42	38	11	7	3	0	13	30	43.3	1	2	50.0	11	13	84.6	53.2	4	7	3	5
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/30/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	LAC	34	36	6	4	6	0	15	25	60.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	65.1	2	4	2	3
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/29/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	SEA	42	26	4	4	2	2	8	17	47.1	0	0		10	12	83.3	58.3	1	3	6	3
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/26/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	IND	42	38	3	2	3	4	16	27	59.3	0	2	0.0	6	9	66.7	61.4	0	3	6	2
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/25/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	CLE	48	39	8	7	2	4	14	29	48.3	0	0		11	13	84.6	56.2	2	6	3	3
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/23/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	PHI	42	49	13	2	0	2	20	35	57.1	0	1	0.0	9	12	75.0	60.8	5	8	0	4
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/20/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	BOS	39	26	4	7	1	1	10	18	55.6	0	0		6	8	75.0	60.4	0	4	5	4
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/18/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	BOS	42	50	5	9	5	1	19	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	67.9	2	3	1	4
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/16/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	WAS	39	25	4	5	0	2	10	23	43.5	0	0		5	5	100.0	49.6	3	1	3	2
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/15/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	CLE	37	38	6	1	2	1	17	29	58.6	0	0		4	7	57.1	59.2	4	2	2	2
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/12/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	SAS	34	28	7	6	0	0	9	22	40.9	0	0		10	12	83.3	51.3	3	4	2	2
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/10/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	LAL	42	38	9	7	3	1	17	34	50.0	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	53.1	5	4	2	2
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/7/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	@	NYK	44	38	10	3	1	0	12	24	50.0	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	61.2	1	9	4	4
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/5/1988	1	1987-88	CHI	vs	LAC	27	21	6	4	4	2	9	13	69.2	0	0		3	4	75.0	71.1	0	6	2	2
	Average		0.0					40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3.3
	Total		1					3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	1,069	1,998	53.5	7	53	13.2	723	860	84.1	60.3	139	310	252	270

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