detroits jordan rules:
On the wings, we were going to push [Jordan] to the elbow. We're not going to let him drive to the baseline," Malone explained. "Number 2: When he was on top, we were going to influence him to his left. When he got the ball in the low post, we were going to trap him from the top. That's the Jordan Rules, and it was that simple."
In other words, this famous defensive strategy, from a basketball standpoint, basically consisted of pushing a great scorer to his weak hand and/or in the direction of help, and double teaming him in the post. Not exactly revelations. Malone was then asked: "What happens when Jordan does make it to the basket?"
"That's when Laimbeer and [Rick] Mahorn would go up and knock him down to the ground," Malone said.