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pHes so hood, and his fans love himnbsp;for it: During halftime of the a href=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kurtydurty1 target=_blankLos Angeles Lakers/a vs. a href=http://www.myspace.com/kurtydurty1 target=_blankPhoenix Suns /aWestern Conference Finals game on Wednesday night, Laker Ron Artest told TNT, We gotta play hard, like I played in the Queensbridge projects./p
p Rap star Nas said that Queens is rooting for Artest, while he battles his way to a championship ./p
pWhen I tell you man, the amount of love for Ron Artest, how insane it is from my hood, from Queensbridge, it is a beautiful thing, Nas told MTV News . We all root for Ron. Were all supporting Ron. I wasnt with the Lakers before they signed Ron. Im with the Lakers now for that. I love him. He plays a great part in the team. We are rooting for Ron all day long./p
pArtest had a breakout game on Wednesday, the second game of the series . He had managed to score 18 points and five rebounds, talk about an improvment ./p
pHe just had to settle in and play like hes used to playing, Lakers star Kobe Bryant told ESPN./p
pArtest, still in full uniform and standing in the middle of the locker room, said, Its about that time now. Its about that time to just play, play basketball./p
pFor some reason, you do things and they work and you go again to it, Artest told the network. Sometimes you sleep on the left side of the bed and wake up on the right, and when you go to sleep on the right and wake up on the left, your whole day is messed up. I just wanted to go back and sleep on the left side of the bed and wake up on the right./p
pThe Lakers won 124-112 over the Suns and lead the series two games to none ./p