How The Detroit Pistons Planned To Stop Michael Jordan With Dirty Rule

What is “The Jordan Rules?” Let’s take a look.

• 1. On the perimeter, push Jordan to the elbow. By all means, do not let him drive baseline.
• 2. When Jordan is at the top of the key, push him to go left. The left is Jordan’s weak side.
• 3. When Jordan catches the ball in the low post, trap him from the top.
• 4. If Jordan gets to the paint, knock him down to the ground.

Jordan eventually figured out the strategy and used it to his advantage. The year of 1990 would be the last championship Isiah Thomas ever won. The following year, Michael Jordan would secure his first out of six championships.