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
We can win games at home. But we seem to lose focus on the road.
We can still make a big run. We can steal games because the All-Star break is coming up. We just have to keep chipping away and fighting for that eighth spot, and I really think we can make it.
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 was definitely an empty feeling coming into the game knowing we had no chance for the playoffs. My heart really sank.
God says, Turn the other cheek. So there's no way I could play in a man's game.
I'm just going to keep working. Spend more days in the gym, as possible. Just trying to get my game up, and just keep playing. And if it's in God's will for me to win, then I'll get it.
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.
Coach is going to have our backs, good or bad, and I think guys appreciate that. It feels good that your coach is sticking up for you, letting them know how you feel. But at the same time, we need to just play the game instead of complaining and whining about the calls.
Coming off a back-to-back tough game against Chicago, fatigue set in at the end of the game and that leads to turnovers.
I really wanted this game because we were playing Detroit and because we really let a win slip away against Milwaukee (on Wednesday).
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.
We felt we really beat them down tonight.
The season isn't over. Maybe a trade, maybe the All-Star break, something will jump-start us. Hopefully, the switch will come on.
We really needed a win tonight, especially on the road. My mind-set tonight was to really focus in on bearing down and getting a win. I wanted to do everything in my will to get that win tonight.