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Michael Pina

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The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

It is Shea, one, and probably two, and maybe three. But also, like, having one of the great defenses of the last 25 years and also being one of the deepest teams in the NBA. And saying that makes me sound like I'm denigrating SGA, and that's, like, the last thing I want to do in comparing these two guys. But I also just am so...

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

It is Shea, one, and probably two, and maybe three. But also, like, having one of the great defenses of the last 25 years and also being one of the deepest teams in the NBA. And saying that makes me sound like I'm denigrating SGA, and that's, like, the last thing I want to do in comparing these two guys. But I also just am so...

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

Yeah, I will say in their first meeting, Jason Tatum did not play and Franz Wagner didn't. And Paulo Bencaro did not play either. Boston attempted 33 threes in that game, which was their lowest number for the entire season. In the second game, no fronds, but every Celtic played. They took 37 threes, which was tied for their fourth fewest this season.

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

Yeah, I will say in their first meeting, Jason Tatum did not play and Franz Wagner didn't. And Paulo Bencaro did not play either. Boston attempted 33 threes in that game, which was their lowest number for the entire season. In the second game, no fronds, but every Celtic played. They took 37 threes, which was tied for their fourth fewest this season.

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

Yeah, I will say in their first meeting, Jason Tatum did not play and Franz Wagner didn't. And Paulo Bencaro did not play either. Boston attempted 33 threes in that game, which was their lowest number for the entire season. In the second game, no fronds, but every Celtic played. They took 37 threes, which was tied for their fourth fewest this season.

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

And I think... How did Orlando do that on the film?

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

And I think... How did Orlando do that on the film?

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

And I think... How did Orlando do that on the film?

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

So they switch everything first and foremost, and then they do not help. And so and they don't meaning they don't help off the three point line. They don't dig. They don't hard double. If Cole Anthony switches on to Chris Stapps Porzingis or Anthony Black switches on to Chris Stapps Porzingis, they don't care. They want to play that matchup one-on-one.

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

So they switch everything first and foremost, and then they do not help. And so and they don't meaning they don't help off the three point line. They don't dig. They don't hard double. If Cole Anthony switches on to Chris Stapps Porzingis or Anthony Black switches on to Chris Stapps Porzingis, they don't care. They want to play that matchup one-on-one.

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

So they switch everything first and foremost, and then they do not help. And so and they don't meaning they don't help off the three point line. They don't dig. They don't hard double. If Cole Anthony switches on to Chris Stapps Porzingis or Anthony Black switches on to Chris Stapps Porzingis, they don't care. They want to play that matchup one-on-one.

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

They'll stay home on the three-point line, and they'll make Kristaps Porzingis either draw a foul or make his 12-foot turnaround. And this is kind of how they play this entire season against everyone. This is their style. And so in the game that I rewatched, which I think was the second game, the one where Tatum did play, every time they switched and Tatum got a matchup that he liked...

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

They'll stay home on the three-point line, and they'll make Kristaps Porzingis either draw a foul or make his 12-foot turnaround. And this is kind of how they play this entire season against everyone. This is their style. And so in the game that I rewatched, which I think was the second game, the one where Tatum did play, every time they switched and Tatum got a matchup that he liked...

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

They'll stay home on the three-point line, and they'll make Kristaps Porzingis either draw a foul or make his 12-foot turnaround. And this is kind of how they play this entire season against everyone. This is their style. And so in the game that I rewatched, which I think was the second game, the one where Tatum did play, every time they switched and Tatum got a matchup that he liked...

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

and isolated. They did not help. And Tatum had like four, it was the second quarter. It's like three or four straight possessions of driving to the rim and finishing. Jalen Brown had multiple plays in that game where he got Wendell Carter on him on a switch, drove Wendell Carter right to the basket. And there was no help, no dramatic rotation. And so eventually in that game,

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

and isolated. They did not help. And Tatum had like four, it was the second quarter. It's like three or four straight possessions of driving to the rim and finishing. Jalen Brown had multiple plays in that game where he got Wendell Carter on him on a switch, drove Wendell Carter right to the basket. And there was no help, no dramatic rotation. And so eventually in that game,

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

and isolated. They did not help. And Tatum had like four, it was the second quarter. It's like three or four straight possessions of driving to the rim and finishing. Jalen Brown had multiple plays in that game where he got Wendell Carter on him on a switch, drove Wendell Carter right to the basket. And there was no help, no dramatic rotation. And so eventually in that game,

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

the magic bent and the magic started to help. The magic started to double. The magic started to over-rotate and the magic were not switching as much on the perimeter as they were early on. And that's when the Celtics kind of blew it open and got the threes that they do against every other team. And so what I would say is if you are the Orlando magic, your only chance in this series is,

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

the magic bent and the magic started to help. The magic started to double. The magic started to over-rotate and the magic were not switching as much on the perimeter as they were early on. And that's when the Celtics kind of blew it open and got the threes that they do against every other team. And so what I would say is if you are the Orlando magic, your only chance in this series is,

The Zach Lowe Show
Play-In Reaction, More Playoff Previews, and Final Awards Ballots With Michael Pina

the magic bent and the magic started to help. The magic started to double. The magic started to over-rotate and the magic were not switching as much on the perimeter as they were early on. And that's when the Celtics kind of blew it open and got the threes that they do against every other team. And so what I would say is if you are the Orlando magic, your only chance in this series is,