Disruptive. Aggressive. Physical.

Those are just a few words that could be used to accurately describe the style of defense played by Magic guard Jalen Suggs.

Time and time again for Orlando during the season, Suggs showed his defensive prowess and was regularly described as “the first line of defense” by coach Jamahl Mosley.

Whether he was picking up ballhandlers in the full-court or taking on difficult challenges on his own, Suggs set the tone for the defense, which finished the regular season third in defensive rating (110.8) behind only Boston (110.6) and Minnesota (108.4) — teams in the East’s and West’s conference finals.

That’s why on Tuesday, Suggs was named to NBA All-Defensive second team — alongside Alex Caruso (Bulls), Jrue Holiday (Celtics), Jaden McDaniels (Timberwolves) and Derrick White (Celtics) — for the first time in his career.

Suggs, a third-year pro, becomes the first guard in Magic history to make the All-Defensive Team and just the third player all-time for Orlando to receive the recognition joining center Dwight Howard and power forward Horace Grant.

Averaging a team-high 1.41 steals in 75 regular season starts, Suggs is the the first Magic player since 2011-12 (Howard) to be named to the first or second team.

The first team was comprised of Bam Adebayo (Heat), Anthony Davis (Lakers), Rudy Gobert (Timberwolves), Herb Jones (Pelicans) and Victor Wembanyama (Spurs).

Wembanyama is the first rookie to be selected to the first team, which has been named annually since the 1968-69 season.

Suggs, who also received a third-place vote for Defensive Player of the Year (which was won by Gobert), finished the regular season tied for eighth in the NBA in steals (1.4) and tied for 12th in steals-to-turnover ratio (0.80) while recording at least one steal 57 times and two-plus steals 31 times.

He also had at least one blocked shot 35 times and two-plus 11 times, including a career-high-tying three Jan. 12 at Miami.

The media voting panel selected the five players for each team at any position. Players received two points for each first-team vote and one point for each second-team vote.

Jason Beede can be reached at jbeede@orlandosentinel.com