Camby, a former leaguewide defensive player of the year, owns the second-best defensive rating on the team.

WSJ: Nice First Half��Now Keep It Going

But Vogel called for time the next time his team got the ball, and the coach pulled his best defensive player, paint protector Roy Hibbert.

WSJ: Knicks Get an Assist to Tie Series

Notes: Chandler was chosen to the Eastern Conference All-Star team on Thursday, the first selection for last year's Defensive Player of the Year.

WSJ: Anthony's 28 points lead Knicks over Celts, 89-86

Kennedy was the 1992 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year, when he had 14 sacks for the Seattle Seahawks, the team with whom he spent his entire 11-year career.

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