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
Riding that bike and the little sideline running isn't basketball. My timing is still off, but it's basketball. It's what I do.
Maybe we're not mentally ready for a playoff series right now. But physically, I think we can compete with any team.
I had it marked on my calendar, but I think I was a little anxious tonight. I didn't play as well as I had hoped tonight. Kevin just had a great game.
This was a little bit of payback for me. The first time we played against them, they did a pretty good job on me. I wanted to come out and get some payback because I don't feel like I played well in the first game.
The playoffs are the last thing on our mind right now. We just want to come out, play every night and give 100 percent for out fans and just for ourselves.
Those were back-breakers. We had fought back, and to have Gary hit those were real neck-breakers.
Those two guys really stepped up tonight. Harrison is really tough to keep out of the low post. He's a strong guy. Granger really hit some big shots at key times, and he really seemed confident in his shots.
This team is trying to go in a dramatically different direction. We're starting over young.
We're not playing desperate. Like I've been preaching all season, hard work will eventually turn out and show up for our team.
We're trying to send a message to teams that when they come into our house they are going to have a tough game ahead of them.
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.
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.
It's sort of like I got it, but I've got to make sure I get a confirmation on it.