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LeBron James and Memphis guard Tony Allen headline the NBA All-Defensive First Team. The league announced Monday that Allen received 53 points in the voting, while the Miami Heat star had 52. Each player had 25 first-team votes from the NBAs 30 head coaches. "We pride ourselves on defence here," said James. "Im one of the catalysts, as far as taking that side of the ball very seriously. We all do. Im happy to be rewarded with such an honour to be part of First Team All-Defence. "Any time youre awarded anything individually, its an honour." The pair were joined on the first team by Clippers guard Chris Paul (37 points), Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (46), Knicks centre Tyson Chandler (24) and Bulls centre Joakim Noah (24). "Joakim, obviously (Im) very pleased with that," said Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau. "I think down the road, Joakim has a very good chance of being defensive player of the year. His ability to defend all five positions, every aspect of the game -- individual defence, team defence, rebounding, multiple effort ... a very unique player." Marc Gasol, who was the NBAs defensive player of the year, made the second team. He was joined on that squad by Celtics guard Avery Bradley, Grizzlies guard Mike Conley, Spurs forward Tim Duncan and Pacers forward Paul George.Adidas Superstar Schweiz Store . Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC failed to make the postseason while Montreal Impact fell at the first hurdle losing heavily to Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round. Sale Adidas Superstar Schuhe . -- Bobby Ryan helped the U. http://www.schweizsuperstar.ch/ . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month. Günstig Adidas Schuhe Schweiz Adidas Superstar Schuhe Schweiz . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action.SEARS POINT, Calif. -- For the first time since 2005, the Verizon IndyCar Series championship was decided by a landslide.On the strength of seven poles and five race wins, Simon Pagenaud overwhelmed the open-wheel competition in 2016 on the way to his first IndyCar Series title.The 32-year-old Frenchman delivered on all the potential he has demonstrated throughout his varied racing career to take a commanding victory Sunday in the GoPro Grand Prix at Sonoma Raceway. He led 76 of 85 laps to best his longtime rival Graham Rahal by 3.25 seconds to put an exclamation point on his championship season.Although they didnt factor in Sundays race, Will Power and Helio Castroneves completed a 1-2-3 sweep of the IndyCar Series season standings by Team Penske on the occasion of team owner Roger Penskes 50th season in motorsports.With a 44-point cushion over Power to start the race, it was going to take something going drastically wrong for Pagenaud to miss out on his first IndyCar title. Instead, the misfortune befell his teammate, who finished 20th after an electronics glitch caused a clutch failure in the finale.Its unbelievable. ? What a race! Pagenaud exclaimed in a Victory Lane interview.?So much emotion right now, and to be honest its hard to find the words.My whole career has been about this, about today and getting to this point, getting to this level and running up front like that when you need it, he continued. For an athlete, I think when you can perform 100 percent under pressure like this is amazing.?Its such a great feeling.Befitting Penskes year-long 50th anniversary celebration, The Captains Indy car team performed even better than expected, winning 10 of 16 races in 2016 as well as 11 poles.Despite Powers best efforts, Pagenaud showed he was head and shoulders above the rest this year. His 127-point margin over Power in the final standings is the biggest since IndyCar introduced the basis of its current scoring system in 1996.Pagenaud went out and took it this weekend, Team Penske president Tim Cindric said. He sat on pole, led laps, won the race -- I mean, he did everything he needed to do. It was really impressive.We wanted to give Roger some success on his 50th anniversary and thats what we were able to do, Cindric added. After what happened here last year, its a lot easier to leave here 1-2-3 than the way it turned out last year for sure.The turnaround compared to a year ago could not have been more complete. At the 2015 season finale at Sonoma, Penskes Juan Montoya collided with Power and squandered a seemingly safe 34-point championship lead, handing the title to Ganassi Racings Scott Dixon.This year, the only question was whether Penske could finish off its first 1-2-3 whitewash of the IndyCar standings since Al Unser Jr., Emerson Fittipaldi and Paul Tracy throttled the CART series back in 1994. Castroneves edged Ed Carpennter Racings Josef Newgarden (who many observers tip to join the Penske team next year, replacing Montoya) for third place in the points chase.ddddddddddddI felt bad for Will, but Ive had my share of bad luck and I know thats the way it goes sometimes, Pagenaud said. I think its safe to say we had a fair fight this year.One thing I did well this year was that I tried to keep my emotions very steady without going crazy on the radio, he added. When I saw he was slowing down, I have to say it was a relief. I thought, Now we can finally unleash the beast inside and go for the win.What an incredible day -- this is the most dominant we have been.After what was widely perceived as a disappointing first year with Team Penske in 2015, when he failed to win a race and finished 11th in the standings, Pagenaud performed at a high level from the start of the 2016 campaign.He led the most laps in the opener, and while he lost the win on an aggressive restart by teammate Montoya, the 43 points Pagenaud scored at St. Petersburg proved to be the decisive advantage he needed over Power all year long.Although he is yet to win on an oval, Pagenaud significantly upped his game in that aspect this year. But his bread and butter remains the natural terrain road courses, where he earned wins at Barber Motorsports Park, Indianapolis and Sonoma to go along with a street course triumph at Long Beach.But his win at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will stand as Pagenauds signature moment. He and Power battled wheel to wheel for a full 14-corner lap before the Frenchman pulled ahead into a lead he would not give up.Its like a football team, he said. You have to make sure the chemistry is the best and it took awhile to make it happen. My team worked so well this year and there werent any disputes with any of my teammates.But to me, the biggest points this season were the times when it was bad, he added. Obviously we always see the good days, but Gil de Ferran told me if you can have a bad day and nobody notices, thats how you do a really good job -- and thats how you win a championship.While Pagenaud celebrated, Power was left to consider his fourth second-place finish in the IndyCar Series championship since 2010. But he didnt take this loss as hard as he may have in the past.Ive had much more frustrating ends to a season than this, I can promise you, Power said. It was still a great year. We won a 500-mile race -- not the right one, but we won a 500-miler and 1-2-3 in the championship for the team, which is really good considering the way it turned out last year.It was just his year, Power added. Everything fell for him and when it came down to the end here, he did everything he needed to do and made it difficult for me.He did a great job. ' ' '