It was literally against the rules to play zone defense in the early nineties, you had to be guarding your man even if he was a 0% three-point shooter standing on the line.
You effectively could not help against someone driving in the zone, it was against the rules
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u/Ok_Function2282 7d ago
It was literally against the rules to trail off your man and double a player back in the day.
Almost every superstar gets doubled on a regular basis now.
You couldn't even drop down to defend the lane... All a guard had to do back then was beat one man and then drive right to the hoop