who was the defensive player of the year in 2003 nba

Ben Wallace won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 2002-03.

		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		Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1	2002-03	DET	73	39.4	6.9	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	2.9	6.0	48.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.2	2.6	45.0	48.6	4.0	11.4	1.2	2,873	506	1,126	120	104	230	88	179	+222

	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	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	4/6/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	SAS	18	4	10	1	1	2	1	3	33.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	51.5	1	9	0	0	-1
2	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	4/4/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	IND	44	4	15	1	1	4	2	8	25.0	0	0		0	0		25.0	4	11	2	2	-6
3	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	4/2/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	TOR	42	13	17	1	1	5	6	10	60.0	0	0		1	4	25.0	55.3	3	14	0	1	-12
4	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	4/1/2003	1	2002-03	DET	@	TOR	42	6	20	4	1	3	1	6	16.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	38.7	2	18	0	2	+4
5	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/30/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	SAC	44	12	16	2	3	5	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	5	11	1	3	+5
6	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/28/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	PHX	42	13	16	1	4	5	5	9	55.6	0	0		3	6	50.0	55.8	2	14	2	2	-1
7	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/26/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	ATL	47	9	23	2	0	2	4	10	40.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	41.4	7	16	1	2	-9
8	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/23/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	CHI	40	7	20	2	4	5	2	8	25.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	34.3	9	11	0	1	+16
9	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/21/2003	1	2002-03	DET	@	NYK	41	9	18	2	2	3	4	9	44.4	0	0		1	3	33.3	43.6	7	11	1	2	-4
10	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/20/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	PHI	35	8	22	2	2	9	3	6	50.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	51.5	5	17	1	2	+22
11	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/18/2003	1	2002-03	DET	@	WAS	50	6	20	2	2	7	3	8	37.5	0	0		0	1	0.0	35.5	6	14	0	2	-4
12	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/15/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	BOS	40	7	21	2	1	0	3	8	37.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	39.4	6	15	0	4	-8
13	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/14/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	WAS	43	17	24	3	1	3	6	11	54.5	1	2	50.0	4	10	40.0	55.2	3	21	0	3	+9
14	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/12/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	LAL	40	10	21	1	1	3	4	6	66.7	0	0		2	3	66.7	68.3	3	18	2	2	+14
15	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/9/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	GSW	45	10	19	2	4	5	4	12	33.3	0	0		2	5	40.0	35.2	7	12	0	4	+2
16	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/4/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	HOU	41	3	13	1	1	2	1	5	20.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	25.5	3	10	1	4	+12
17	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/2/2003	1	2002-03	DET	@	POR	35	3	12	3	0	2	1	5	20.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	25.5	5	7	1	3	-27
18	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	3/1/2003	1	2002-03	DET	@	GSW	42	6	18	2	1	4	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	8	10	2	1	-7
19	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	2/27/2003	1	2002-03	DET	@	LAL	38	10	8	1	1	1	5	6	83.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		83.3	2	6	1	2	-2
20	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	2/25/2003	1	2002-03	DET	@	SAC	41	6	19	0	3	3	2	4	50.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	52.1	3	16	1	2	+6
21	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	2/24/2003	1	2002-03	DET	@	SEA	37	2	17	2	0	1	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	1	0.0	29.1	5	12	3	3	-10
22	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	2/22/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	NOH	42	2	14	4	2	4	1	4	25.0	0	0		0	0		25.0	5	9	0	2	+3
23	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	2/21/2003	1	2002-03	DET	@	MIN	43	16	12	1	1	2	7	10	70.0	0	0		2	6	33.3	63.3	4	8	2	5	+1
24	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	2/19/2003	1	2002-03	DET	@	TOR	43	8	11	4	0	4	4	11	36.4	0	1	0.0	0	0		36.4	4	7	0	3	+2
25	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	2/17/2003	1	2002-03	DET	vs	MIA	34	4	19	1	1	2	2	6	33.3	0	0		0	2	0.0	29.1	3	16	0	0	+31
	Average		0.0					39.4	6.9	15.4	1.6	1.4	3.2	2.9	6.0	48.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.2	2.6	45.0	48.6	4.0	11.4	1.2	2.5	3.0
	Total		1					2,873	506	1,126	120	104	230	210	437	48.1	1	6	16.7	85	189	45.0	48.6	293	833	88	179	+222

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