{"id":77285,"date":"2015-04-03T13:52:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T13:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=77285"},"modified":"2023-12-29T10:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T18:19:52","slug":"4-3-88-michael-jordan-scores-59-21-27fg-vs-the-bad-boy-pistons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/4-3-88-michael-jordan-scores-59-21-27fg-vs-the-bad-boy-pistons\/","title":{"rendered":"(1988) Michael Jordan scores 59 vs the Bad Boy Pistons | Jordan Rules Is Born"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QsplWQ25ca8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It seems like I'm posting a Michael Jordan \"this day in history\" post every single day. There's a good reason for that and it has nothing to do with Nike's marketing or old-timers who think everything was better in the analog days. It's 100% about how consistently great the GOAT was.<\/p>\n<p>via <strong>Sports Illustrated<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">On the afternoon of April 3, 1988, Jordan embarrassed\u00a0Detroit\u00a0by scoring 59 points in a nationally televised game that\u00a0Chicago\u00a0won 112-110. That wasn't the first time Jordan had worn out the Pistons\u2014he had gone for 49, 47, 61 and 49 against them during various games in previous seasons. But after the 59-point effort,\u00a0Detroit\u00a0coach\u00a0Chuck Daly\u00a0had seen enough. \"We made up our minds right then and there that\u00a0Michael Jordan\u00a0was not going to beat us by himself again,\" says Daly. \"We had to commit to a total team concept to get it done.\"<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">So Daly and his assistants at the time,\u00a0Ron Rothstein\u00a0and\u00a0Dick Versace, created a defensive game plan just for Jordan. Each Piston had specific responsibilities: Jordan has the ball on the wing, you go there, you do this; Jordan is posted up on the right box, you check him there, you watch for this, and so on. Collectively these responsibilities became known as the Jordan Rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like I'm posting a Michael Jordan \"this day in history\" post every single day. 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