Welp it looks like no one in LA like Dwight Howard and it’s not just Lakers fans. Clippers fan let Dwight have it last night as the Rockets took on the Clippers at the Staples Center.
Check out the crowd booing Dwight last night & what he had to say about facing the Lakers for the first time on Thursday.
Via ESPN:
Howard finished with 13 points and nine rebounds after getting roundly booed in his first game in Los Angeles since leaving the Lakers and signing with Houston in the NBA’s biggest free-agent move this past summer.
“They can boo me a million times. I’ll still play,” he said.
Reflecting on his one up-and-down season with the Lakers, Howard said, “I just allowed what people said to affect how I played. But I can’t do that. I mean, I’m better than that.”
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Howard will face the Lakers for the first time Thursday in Houston. “There’s no need to talk about what the Lakers could have done. I made my decision and I’m living with it,” he said. “I’m happy where I’m at, I’m in a great place. Everybody should move forward. It’s over with.”
