Dwight Howard too physical?
June 10, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Dwight Howard, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Playoffs, Orlando Magic, Pau Gasol
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Pau Gasol is getting banged around by Dwight Howard, but what did he expect? Dwight has only one style of play and it involves a lot of muscle applied in a not so gentle manner.
Pau rubbed the back of his head to the referee for a visual explanation.
Then again, Pau is not the most physical center in the league and Dwight is going to have to be physical to compete with Gasol. If Dwight Howard lightened up for even a moment, the crafty Pau would destroy him on the offensive end.
Dwight Howard fights off the Lakers
Howard even seemed to acknowledge Gasol’s complaints, though he had not been told of them before his postgame news conference.
“I think with (Andrew) Bynum, he doesn’t mind banging,” Howard said. “With Gasol, sometimes you’ve got to be aware of what you do in the paint. Gasol is very smart. He’s been playing for a long, long time and I think with him, I’ve just got to be smart. I don’t want to pick up any cheap fouls and have to sit on the bench.”
Hey, Dwight knows what he is doing.
Photo source Newscom
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