The D was strong the entire game. Boston was just hitting all of their jumpers in the 1st quarter. Artest just being on the court makes a world of difference. The entire team seems to operate with more energy and aggressiveness.
It seems Artest's intensity and strong D steps only in big games. I don't want to doubt him or anything, but some games it looks like he is lazy and takes way too many chances on steals. But the Cleveland game and Boston game he is had taken the extra effort to show some toughness and played hard-nosed. First time since it seems the JVG days where we won the game on defense and our players seem to fit that mold more than the "more movement, free-flowing" offensive mold Adelman is best at.
I'm impress with Landry today. I hope he start to play better and stop missing his man on defense. But the team play with intensity and Ron was bullying this Celtics today. When Ron felt on KG he was pretty quiet.
When Hayes play last few games he was a minus on the point column. He is great against post defenders and as a PF. But RA have use him as a center along with Landry and team just have a layup drill outhere. He is at his best when playing PF along Yao other than that he is to short tom play as a center.
