Michael Jordan is undoubtedly still the first man in NBA history, and it will be difficult for anyone to shake his position for a long time in the future. Jordan's greatest strength is naturally his offense. His top talent and top skills have allowed him to score 10 scoring champions, averaging 30.1 points per game in his career! For Jordan's opponents, if Jordan is locked, almost half of the victory is won. But the question is, how can he lock Jordan? In order to find the answer, the teams at that time tried various ways! Jordan encountered an SSS-level defense that year:
no-ball double-teaming became a "holding clip"
It is not uncommon for stars to encounter double-teaming. With Jordan's coffee position, they encountered double-teaming in the game. Not surprisingly. Jordan's strength lies in his ability to break double-teams. A few fake moves and amazing explosive power and speed allow him to easily break through double-teams, and then rely on super high shooting height to find a mobile phone.
But even without the ball, Jordan is often double-teamed. In the game against the Suns, the Suns players upgraded this double-teaming. They gave up interfering with the sideline player's serve and chose to double-team Jordan. What's more, a Sun player directly hugged Jordan with his right hand, turning the double-teaming into a "holding". Under this circumstance, Jordan is still madly asking for the ball, telling his teammates repeatedly: Only two people are defending me, give me the ball!
was beaten into a "human sandbag" in the air
Jordan staged classic aerial tasks such as changing hands in the air and pulling the rod twice, but Jordan was also forced to make these moves in the air Helpless, because every time he flies to the basket, his opponents always use him as a "human sandbag" in the air.
The toughest team against Jordan is undoubtedly the infamous Bad Boys Detroit Pistons. In the face of Jordan taking off, the Pistons' highest standard is "five-man teamwork." No matter whether they can block the shots or not, it's okay to foul Jordan! These actions now seem to be malicious fouls, but Jordan is almost fearless. With such a malicious double-team, let alone the difficulty of shooting, some players have no guts to shoot!
The league personally increased the difficulty for Jordan
Because of Jordan’s strong singles ability, the Bulls often use a tactic in the game: four people pull apart, leaving Jordan one on one. Opportunity. In the constant one-on-one, Jordan became the terrified super scorer in the league. Seeing that Jordan is unstoppable, the league personally changed the rules to make it more difficult for Jordan to shoot.
In 1988, the league introduced the anti-isolation law, that is, when the ball holder is singles on the strong side, the team does not allow more than two players to sink below the top of the free throw line to prevent it from reaching the clearing. The purpose of the stadium. This will undoubtedly facilitate other teams to double-team Jordan and greatly increase the difficulty of Jordan's shots. But letting the league change the rules for it is definitely a high affirmation.
Opponents double-teamed Jordan wildly and used all kinds of fierce methods. The league changed the rules to make him more difficult. But even so, Jordan started from the 86-87 season to the 97-98 season, except for the two years of retirement in the middle. , Swept the scoring champion for the remaining ten years. If he hadn't retired for the first time, then he might become the 12th consecutive scoring champion!
