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Center Dwight Howard has been the target of most of the negative attention. But with a playoff berth now at the Lakers’ fingertips, Howard is dedicated to helping his team do something special (as quoted by ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne):
I'm a big thinker. So I just stayed in the hotel and thought about the first half of the season and how I could do better for our team. And I just told myself, 'I'm going to commit myself to being better for the second half of the season.'
That may not seem like much, but it’s a step in the right direction, especially after a first half that saw Howard miss time due to a shoulder injury and ultimately play with an ineffectiveness Los Angeles wasn’t expecting when it acquired the league’s premier big man.
Since the All-Star break, Howard is averaging 15.4 points per game—a modest number for the center, but he's done nothing to suggest he can’t be a big asset at the offensive end of the floor the rest of the ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
