Micku
01-15-2013, 05:48 AM
Well, it seems like their defense and slow pacing did. It may not be abnormal thing to claim, but I think they, along with the Bulls, revolutionize the way NBA play the game as well. They weren't really the first ones to play really good defense.
The Celtics of the 80s, the Bucks, 76ers, and the Lakers play defense. While those teams do not appear on the best of all time defensive teams of the 80s. The Pistons were the ones who were the frontrunners in the 80s.
Half of the decade when Isiah Thomas was on the team, they were actually a more offensive team. But they never went over the hump. Chuck Daly thought they needed to change their game to a more physical and defensive style. Because of their lack of offensive talent in comparison to the Celtics and Lakers, they seem like they had to go this route.
They slow down their pace, played more dirty with cheap shots and etc. They just seem to take more advantage than any other team with the rules. With their change to be a more defensive team, they won 2 straight titles. Beat the Bulls three years straight, beat the Celtics, and the showtime Lakers.
Like I said, there were other teams that played similar, but they were more the flagship of defense in the 80s which made other teams follow it to achieve the same success. You can see this article posted in 1990 with the latimes that stated how the Pistons influence the league on defense.
Scores in the 70s are popping up everywhere, teams are getting shut out for entire overtime periods and Dennis Rodman makes the All-Star Game averaging less than nine points.
What's going on here?
Defense is "in" in the NBA.
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With the defense-minded Detroit Pistons making the NBA Finals twice and winning a title by holding teams under 100 points in 15 of 17 playoff games, the rest of the league has discovered that defense wins games and championships.
"The closer everybody gets to parity and teams feel like they have a shot at winning, theygre going to do whatever it takes to get over that hump," says Joe Dumars, a Piston sparkplug at both ends of the court. "They realize that playing defense gets you over that hump."
"In the early 80s, we knew we could outrun and outscore you," the Lakers' Magic Johnson said. "That's not the way we look at the game anymore."
"Teams have found out you can win with defense," Detroit Coach Chuck Daly said. "It gives teams with not as good offensive players a way to compete."
The Pistons are leading the league by giving up fewer than 98 points per game this season, but it's unmistakeable that defense has spread beyond the defending champions.
--Five years ago, no NBA team allowed fewer than 104 points per game. At midseason this year, 12 were giving up fewer than 104. Twelve teams gave up fewer than 110 points in 1985-86, 23 of 27 are allowing fewer than 110 this year.
...
"Detroit has created a defensive mind-set around the league, and teams copy success," Laker Coach Pat Riley said. "In the early 80s, transition defense was non-existent. When a team was running, a coach would say 'Just get back.' Now there's sophistication to defense.
"Points scored and shooting percentages have dropped and it's not because of a decline in talent, it's a rise in defense."
Johnson said defense has changed dramatically in the 11 years since he came into the NBA.
"Detroit won because of defense and once somebody wins using a style, everyone wants to use that style," Johnson said. "You can't run free through the lane. The last couple of years, you find you'll be body-checked when you do that. Bodies are bigger now."
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-04/sports/sp-2723_1_defense-wins-games
Not only this, but the Jordan Rules establish by Chuck Daly and the Bad Boys Pistons. Chuck Daly stated:
[quote]
"If Michael was at the point, we forced him left and doubled him. If he was on the left wing, we went immediately to a double team from the top. If he was on the right wing, we went to a slow double team. He could hurt you equally from either wing
The Celtics of the 80s, the Bucks, 76ers, and the Lakers play defense. While those teams do not appear on the best of all time defensive teams of the 80s. The Pistons were the ones who were the frontrunners in the 80s.
Half of the decade when Isiah Thomas was on the team, they were actually a more offensive team. But they never went over the hump. Chuck Daly thought they needed to change their game to a more physical and defensive style. Because of their lack of offensive talent in comparison to the Celtics and Lakers, they seem like they had to go this route.
They slow down their pace, played more dirty with cheap shots and etc. They just seem to take more advantage than any other team with the rules. With their change to be a more defensive team, they won 2 straight titles. Beat the Bulls three years straight, beat the Celtics, and the showtime Lakers.
Like I said, there were other teams that played similar, but they were more the flagship of defense in the 80s which made other teams follow it to achieve the same success. You can see this article posted in 1990 with the latimes that stated how the Pistons influence the league on defense.
Scores in the 70s are popping up everywhere, teams are getting shut out for entire overtime periods and Dennis Rodman makes the All-Star Game averaging less than nine points.
What's going on here?
Defense is "in" in the NBA.
...
With the defense-minded Detroit Pistons making the NBA Finals twice and winning a title by holding teams under 100 points in 15 of 17 playoff games, the rest of the league has discovered that defense wins games and championships.
"The closer everybody gets to parity and teams feel like they have a shot at winning, theygre going to do whatever it takes to get over that hump," says Joe Dumars, a Piston sparkplug at both ends of the court. "They realize that playing defense gets you over that hump."
"In the early 80s, we knew we could outrun and outscore you," the Lakers' Magic Johnson said. "That's not the way we look at the game anymore."
"Teams have found out you can win with defense," Detroit Coach Chuck Daly said. "It gives teams with not as good offensive players a way to compete."
The Pistons are leading the league by giving up fewer than 98 points per game this season, but it's unmistakeable that defense has spread beyond the defending champions.
--Five years ago, no NBA team allowed fewer than 104 points per game. At midseason this year, 12 were giving up fewer than 104. Twelve teams gave up fewer than 110 points in 1985-86, 23 of 27 are allowing fewer than 110 this year.
...
"Detroit has created a defensive mind-set around the league, and teams copy success," Laker Coach Pat Riley said. "In the early 80s, transition defense was non-existent. When a team was running, a coach would say 'Just get back.' Now there's sophistication to defense.
"Points scored and shooting percentages have dropped and it's not because of a decline in talent, it's a rise in defense."
Johnson said defense has changed dramatically in the 11 years since he came into the NBA.
"Detroit won because of defense and once somebody wins using a style, everyone wants to use that style," Johnson said. "You can't run free through the lane. The last couple of years, you find you'll be body-checked when you do that. Bodies are bigger now."
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-03-04/sports/sp-2723_1_defense-wins-games
Not only this, but the Jordan Rules establish by Chuck Daly and the Bad Boys Pistons. Chuck Daly stated:
[quote]
"If Michael was at the point, we forced him left and doubled him. If he was on the left wing, we went immediately to a double team from the top. If he was on the right wing, we went to a slow double team. He could hurt you equally from either wing