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Thank you. I have idiot friends who will go blue in the face telling me that defenses in the 80s and 90s were so much better than defenses now.
There is the issue of the changing of the hand-check rule. That made a pretty big difference that benefitted the offense. But zone defense rules have been relaxed, and that benefits the defense. Under the Jordan-era rule, it was easier to get one-on-one matchups.