Gotta say, Kyrie was incredible tonight on both ends of the floor. He looks much better as he is quickly getting comfortable with Steven's system.
Doesn't Kyrie lead the Celtics in deflected balls and is one of the leaders this year in that category across the league? That in itself shows that his effort and improvement are:
1) Much better than IT's and
2) Much better than in his past seasons.
Kyrie is not the same defensive player he was in Cleveland. That's obvious thus far. He is tremendousky better defensively than the defensive player he was in Cleveland. Small sample size, but pretty much right on statistically and via the eye test.