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Michael Pina

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
822 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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,

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

And it's not like a great one, but it's to not deviate at all from your core philosophy on defense and to play like guard your yard as best you can sprint to run three point shooters off the line, which is something they're very good at. Best team in the league at like they'll foul foul you when they're running like they like before you can even get the shot up. They don't care.

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

And it's not like a great one, but it's to not deviate at all from your core philosophy on defense and to play like guard your yard as best you can sprint to run three point shooters off the line, which is something they're very good at. Best team in the league at like they'll foul foul you when they're running like they like before you can even get the shot up. They don't care.

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

And it's not like a great one, but it's to not deviate at all from your core philosophy on defense and to play like guard your yard as best you can sprint to run three point shooters off the line, which is something they're very good at. Best team in the league at like they'll foul foul you when they're running like they like before you can even get the shot up. They don't care.

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

That's what they that's what they do. That's their personality. And I think, like, once you kind of shift and defend like everybody else and you're put into rotation, you're dead. So don't do that. As hard as it is and how painful it is to watch Jason Tatum destroy Corey Joseph or whoever it's going to be.

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

That's what they that's what they do. That's their personality. And I think, like, once you kind of shift and defend like everybody else and you're put into rotation, you're dead. So don't do that. As hard as it is and how painful it is to watch Jason Tatum destroy Corey Joseph or whoever it's going to be.

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

That's what they that's what they do. That's their personality. And I think, like, once you kind of shift and defend like everybody else and you're put into rotation, you're dead. So don't do that. As hard as it is and how painful it is to watch Jason Tatum destroy Corey Joseph or whoever it's going to be.