Bernard King never destroyed the Celtics that year . He never even played against them. Bernard King was also one of the greatest scorers in NBA history prior to his terrible injury. Bernard King also destroyed many teams he faced , including the Pistons and others with black players in their lineup.
Imagine thinking someone is terrible defensively because he's white when your King got held up by a white midget called JJ Barea and had only 11 POINTS in and NBA FINALS.
I edited my post to that era I got the years mixed up. U not gonna lock up scorers like King and MJ playing man-to-man defense.
Yeah, they ate in that era their were many 25 point per game, 50%+ scorers in the 80’s. It was a great era for individual scorers because of pace and lack of zones.
The Celtics were a great team defense for that era but they aren’t equipped to guard players like MJ and LeBron, not with the rules, pace of play, and cacs.