There were very strict rules about guarding a single person and when and how you could double team another player. Someone gets caught in the middle between guarding their player and coming over to help Bogues with a double team on Jordan.
3 in the key first of all. But beyond that, in this era you couldn’t not guard someone. You had to guard your man, or commit to a double. You could sag off naturally but you can’t just stand between like that, especially in the key which is illegal today still.
The spacing was much more compact those days so they had different rules to keep the game fluid. Modern era also makes rules to make offense easier and more exciting.
The comments fail to realize the illegal defense had nothing to do with Mugsy, who actually swiped at the ball after the whistle was blown, and you can hear the commentators noticing the illegal defense prior to the whistle.
Pause at 12 seconds. Before zone was allowed in the NBA you can’t “not guard someone” for longer than 2.9 seconds. Parish was just standing in the lane.
What exactly is illegal defense? Is it just the same as saying a foul?
There were very strict rules about guarding a single person and when and how you could double team another player. Someone gets caught in the middle between guarding their player and coming over to help Bogues with a double team on Jordan.
3 in the key first of all. But beyond that, in this era you couldn’t not guard someone. You had to guard your man, or commit to a double. You could sag off naturally but you can’t just stand between like that, especially in the key which is illegal today still. The spacing was much more compact those days so they had different rules to keep the game fluid. Modern era also makes rules to make offense easier and more exciting.
The comments fail to realize the illegal defense had nothing to do with Mugsy, who actually swiped at the ball after the whistle was blown, and you can hear the commentators noticing the illegal defense prior to the whistle.
That’s perfect. I think that’s Glen Rice, the second he’s below the free throw line and his man is about the 3 point line it’s illegal.
3 in the key wasn’t till 2001-2
Shit. All my other points stand. That’s it for me folks 😂
An example. If Rudy Gobert was standing above the three point line at the top, his defender would have to stand top of the free throw line.
You could leave someone unguarded, but only if you were committed to a hard double. You couldn’t double a player without the ball.
If Jordan is posting up, you can’t double team him until the pass to him is in the air.
There are a lot of specific rules, but that gives you an idea.
Pause at 12 seconds. Before zone was allowed in the NBA you can’t “not guard someone” for longer than 2.9 seconds. Parish was just standing in the lane.
Also OP, the strip was after the whistle lol.
Zone defense was illegal back in the day.
If you watch the paint, the Bulls players clear out, but the defense lingers a little bit forming a “fucking wall” for Jordan.
It’s a totally 100% legal way to defend right now in the NBA which is why it looks like nothing.
When zone defense was legalized then instituted a 3 seconds in the paint rule for defense.
Zone D was illegal then.