Michael Jordan also dominated the NBA on defense

IF THERE'S ONE thing that "The Last Dance" has demonstrated, it's that Michael Jordan was nearly impossible to guard. But nearly as impossible was trying to score when Jordan was guarding you.

"He's the best superstar defender in the history of the game," LA Clippers coach Doc Rivers says. As a player, Rivers often experienced the misfortune of trying to bring the ball up the floor with Jordan tracking him end line to end line.

Usually, "imposing his will" referred to Jordan's gravity-defying dunks or artistic layups in traffic. But it also applies to the countless times he jumped passing lanes, blocked shots of 7-footers or merely saddled up so far into the grill of perimeter shooters that…