Juwan Howard
Juwan Howard
Juwan Antonio Howardis an American retired professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. Howard formerly played for the Heat from 2010 until 2013. A one-time All-Star and one-time All-NBA power forward, he began his NBA career as the fifth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, selected by the Washington Bullets. Before he was drafted, he starred as an All-American on the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. At...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 February 1973
CityChicago, IL
I didn't see it happening. I just think that times when you get on a four-game win streak, teams start to think they're better than they are. We can't have that attitude. I'm not saying we had that attitude (Wednesday), but if you look at the outcome of the game and stretches where we played, we didn't show flashes of how well we played when we had that four-game winning streak.
I point the finger at myself early on. We allowed Wilcox to get very comfortable out there at the start of the game. It got his confidence going. We allowed him to dominate the paint inside.
I'm pretty sure everyone in this locker room has been through something like this where the home team's crowd gets excited, the energy level rises, the other team uses it to play with confidence. I don't think (we) felt pressure.
I guess I would just play video games.
It's kind of weird that we're a different team on the road. Some may say our focus is different, we play with more energy, more passion. ... We have to make teams fear coming into our building.
This means a lot to us. It feels great to get a victory. We lost four in a row before this and it felt like an eternity. Night after night we have come up short, but tonight we hung in there and didn't give up.
I shrugged it off. I thought it was indigestion.
I can recall teams I've been on that have been in situations like this. You try to find ways, no matter what part of the season, to get wins. Sure enough, this late in the season, to get two wins over two good teams ... it has to boost your confidence and morale. Everybody starts to feel good.