May 4, 2013; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah (13) celebrates after his team

The NBA announced today that the Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah has been named to the NBA’s All-Defensive first team along with LeBron James, Serge Ibaka, Tony Allen, Chris Paul and — because of a tie — Tyson Chandler.

Marc Gasol, who was named Defensive Player of the Year in April, made the all-defensive second team, falling to third behind Noah and Chandler. If this seems odd to you, don’t worry, it’s happened before, such as last year when Chandler won DPOY and was left off the all-defense teams entirely. It’s because while the media votes for Defensive Player of the Year, the 30 NBA head coaches vote for the all-defensive teams.

Noah finished fourth in the voting for DPOY, while Chandler finished 13th a year after winning the award.

The Bulls will take on the Miami Heat tonight in game four of their semi-final series at 6 p.m. at the United Center.

May 4, 2013; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah (13) celebrates after his team

The NBA announced today that LeBron James will take home his fourth MVP trophy this year. It’s his second consecutive award, and fourth in the last five years, with Derrick Rose winning in 2011. Rose’s teammate Joakim Noah got a fifth-place vote from Marc Berman of the New York Post.

Here’s Noah’s one vote. Transparency should prevail everywhere! RT @nypost_berman: My MVP ballot was LeBron, Durant, Melo, Paul, Noah.

— K.C Johnson (@KCJHoop) May 5, 2013

Noah finished fourth in the voting for Defensive Player of the Year and has been a key part of the Chicago Bulls success this season, especially in last night’s game seven. The Bulls will play LeBron and the Miami Heat tomorrow night in South Beach.