Dwight Howard
Dwight Howard
Dwight David Howard is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. Howard, who plays center, had an outstanding high school career at Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy. He chose to forgo college and entered the 2004 NBA draft, and was selected first overall by the Orlando Magic. An eight-time All-Star, eight-time All-NBA team selection, five-time All-Defensive member, and three-time Defensive Player of the Year, Howard has been ranked consistently as one of the best...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth8 December 1985
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
It's not impossible to win them all. You try to win every game. We've got six at home, where we've been playing well. If we keep playing hard and playing together like we have been, anything is possible.
It's not good to lose a big lead. We've got to bury teams when we get 'em down. This is like the second or third time where a team has come back and we had to make an extra push to win the game. When we get teams down, we've got to keep 'em down and not let 'em come back.
They stuck with us the whole game. To me it felt like a little playoff game. It kept going back and forth.
They (Magic coaches) want me to be a post player but I don't want to bang with somebody every game, fight and fight.
They got a lot of weapons in the offense and they hit a lot of shots -- tough shots in the second half.
I can't wait. Everybody on this team is a hard worker, and I'm sure they're going to work to get better as individuals.
Grant came out tonight and knew we needed a win. We needed him offensively and he stepped up.
I don't need to be like, 'Hey, throw me the ball.' But I guess I do need to put some bass in my voice. One of the things that coach Hill says is that he needs me to be more aggressive to get the ball.
You really can't turn the ball over against anybody, and if you do you'll get burned. It's not just Detroit. It's every game that we play that we have to minimize the turnovers.
It's hard for me to block basketball out, but I'll try to stay away from it for a good month and a half. I expect us to be a little more serious, a little more business-minded next year. No team is going to give us anything.
I've got some work to do. We all do. We've got some time. This will be a good team. We've just got to get it all together.
The first half, they took our hearts. We just came back and got our hearts back. We fought so hard to get back into the game. Marshall hit the shot at the end of the game ... we were supposed to get that win.