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:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLv2F33snCE and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K-qGWkiKvQ. Don't forget to follow me on twitter at @CJ_H_12. Here is 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

   1991eastern 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.

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

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