Jordan vs Pistons and Knicks

The Jordan rules; that’s the defense the Pistons came up with to stop Jordan in the late 80’s and early 90’s. There were a few simple rules. One, force him to his left. He was better going right. Two, don’t let him go baseline. Force him to the middle where there is help defense. Lastly, double Jordan when he is posting up. Jordan was sensational at the fade away jump shot. Those were the basics of the Jordan rules. The Knicks saw that the Pistons had some success at stopping Jordan. So, they put in the same rules in the mid 90’s. Today I will compare how the two teams fared against Jordan. These two video’s will also do a lot of explaining:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLv2F33snCE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K-qGWkiKvQ. Feel free to comment and follow me on twitter @CJ_H_12.

Here are the Knicks and the Pistons.

Jordan vs. Pistons

1988 eastern semi finals: Game 1: 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists.

Game 2: 36 points, 11 rebounds, and 1 assist Game 3: 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists

Game 4: 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists Game 5: 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists.

Total: 27.4 PPG, 8.8 TRB, 4.6 APG Pistons win series.

1989 eastern conference finals: Game 1: 32 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 assists.

Game 2: 27 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists Game 3: 46 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists

Game 4: 23 points, 2 rebounds, and 4 assists Game 5: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists

Game 6: 32 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists Total: 29. 6 PPG, 5.5 TRB, 6.5 APG Pistons win series

1990 eastern conference finals: Game 1: 34 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists

Game 2: 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists Game 3: 47 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists

Game 4: 42 points, 4 rebounds, and 9 assists Game 5: 22 points, 4 rebounds, and 8 assists

Game 6: 29 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 assists Game 7: 31 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists

Total: 32.1 PPG, 7.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists Pistons win series

1991 eastern conference finals: Game 1: 22 points, 3 rebounds, and 6 assists

Game 2: 35 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists Game 3: 33 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists

Game 4: 29 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists Total: 29.7 PPG, 5.2 TRB, 7 APG Bulls win series.

Total: 29.7 PPG, 6.6 TRB, 6 APG

Jordan vs. Knicks

1991 eastern conference first round- Game 1: 28 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists for Jordan Game 2: 26 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists for Jordan Game 3: 33 points, 3 rebounds, and 7 assists for Jordan PPG: 29 PPG, 4.6 TRB, and 6 APG Bulls win series.

1992 eastern semi finals- Game: 1: 31 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists for Jordan Game 2: 27 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists for Jordan Game 3: 32 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists for Jordan Game 4: 29 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists for Jordan Game 5: 37 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists for Jordan Game 6: 21 Points, 4 rebounds, and 8 assists for Jordan Game 7: 42 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists for Jordan PPG: 31 PPG, 5.7 TRB, 4.2 APG Bulls win series.

1993 eastern conference finals- Game 1: 27 points, 2 rebounds, and 5 assists for Jordan Game 2: 36 points, 9 rebounds, and 1 assist for Jordan Game 3: 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 11 assists for Jordan Game 4: 54 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists for Jordan Game 5: 29 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists for Jordan Game 6: 25 points, 2 rebounds, and 9 assists for Jordan

 PPG: 32 PPG, 6 TRB, 5.3 APG Bulls win series

1996 eastern semi finals- Game 1: 44 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists for Jordan Game 2: 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists for Jordan Game 3: 46 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists for Jordan Game 4: 27 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists for Jordan Game 5: 35 points, 2 rebounds, and 5 assists for Jordan PPG: 36 PPG, 4.8 TRB, 4.4 APG Bulls win series

TOTALS: 32 PPG, 5.2 TRB, 4.9 APG

As you can see the Pistons fared better against Jordan. Not only did the Pistons show better statistics but they won. The Knicks had average statistics and they never won when Jordan was playing. In my opinion they is one sentence that explains why this happened: Pistons had more and better defenders, while the Knicks had a few good defenders. That is the bottom line for me. The Pistons had Rodman, Vinnie Johnson, Joe Dumars, Isiah Thomas, and Bill Laimbeer. The Knicks had Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley, and John Starks if you want to consider him. Overall, the Pistons did better.

As you can see the Pistons fared better against Jordan. Not only did the Pistons show better statistics but they won. The Knicks had average statistics and they never won when Jordan was playing. In my opinion they is one sentence that explains why this happened: Pistons had more and better defenders, while the Knicks had a few good defenders. That is the bottom line for me. The Pistons had Rodman, Vinnie Johnson, Joe Dumars, Isiah Thomas, and Bill Laimbeer. The Knicks had Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley, and John Starks if you want to consider him. Overall, the Pistons did better.

Jordan vs. Knicks: 32 PPG, 5.2 TRB, 4.9 APG. Bulls win all four series with

Jordan vs. Pistons: 29.7 PPG, 6.6 TRB, 6.0 APG. Pistons win 3 out of the 4 series.

Winner: The Bad Boy Detroit Pistons