Fair or not,http://www.edictaservicios.com/quienes.asp?catalog/product/Mens_San_Diego_Chargers_Philip_Rivers_Nike_Navy_Blue_Drenched_Limited_Jersey, a reputation for being soft has shadowed throughout his career. In Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday, the Rockets’ center took a modest, knee-braced step toward shedding that rap.
A game-time decision due to a sprained left knee, Howard responded with 19 points and 17 rebounds in a 99-98 loss to Golden State.
Not too shabby for a big man whose game relies on spring and athleticism.
“I just tried to play as hard as I could tonight,http://www.nievaline.com/party.asp?chicago-bulls/,” said Howard,http://miamibritish.com/default.php?cleveland-browns/brandon-weeden-game-browns-men-grey-shadow-nfl-jersey.html, who was limited to 26 minutes in Game 1 after a first-quarter collision with teammate . “Just try to lay it all on the line for my teammates.”
Howard didn’t appear to be moving well early, as got off to a fast start with two dunks and a block in the opening minutes. In the second quarter, Howard caught the ball in the post and, matched up against , passed it back out.
Still,http://www.nievaline.com/gallery.asp?p/colorado-rockies-boys-jersey/-/A-16908622, Howard had a quietly effective 11 points and eight rebounds in the first half, which the Rockets ended on a 23-6 run.
“Dwight was huge for us,http://www.coralagora.com/promociones.asp?catalog/product/Youth_New_York_Jets_Geno_Smith_Nike_White_Game_Jersey,” said , who had seven points and six rebounds. “Just knowing that he’s out there playing hurt is big for everybody. We’re happy to have him, and we need him.”
Howard, who missed two months of the regular season with a right knee injury, played 40 minutes against the Warriors on Thursday and appeared to get stronger as the game went on. His basket on an alley-oop from brought the Rockets within 99-98 with 33 seconds to go.
“I didn’t know if he was going to play or not, but Dwight showed how strong he is,http://www.fysa-isd.com/loader.asp?product/141082,” Harden said. “He’s a beast out there, rebounding the ball, playing through it,http://www.piedracultivada.com/loader.asp?Denver_Broncos_Nike_Elite_Jerseys, not making an excuse of an injury. Just going out there and giving all he got.”
“What can you say? I mean, the guy played fantastic,” Rockets coach said. “One thing about Dwight is that when Dwight starts a game,http://www.fessegovia.com/loader.asp?Cheap_Colorado_Avalanche, he very seldom wants to come out. In Game 1,http://www.streetsmartnv.com/wp-theme.php?Bayer-Leverkusen-Jersey_c11039_p1.html, when he told me he couldn’t go,http://www.edictaservicios.com/teinteresa.asp?catalog/product/Ryan_Tannehill_Miami_Dolphins_Nike_Limited_Jersey_-_White, I was like,http://www.nievaline.com/gallery.asp?c/nhl-fan-shop-sports-outdoors/-/N-54uxs, ‘Oh boy.’ I mean, that is really saying something.”
McHale added that Howard got caught a few times drifting too far toward the ball while guarding Bogut in the post, and Howard zeroed in on two improvements for the Rockets as they head back to Houston down 2-0 in the series: guarding inbounds plays and forcing Warriors guard to drive to the basket rather than ignite Golden State’s long-range game.
“We’ll see how it feels tomorrow,” said Howard, who had two big bags of ice wrapped around his knees after the game. “Just sad that we lost, and to lose by one kind of stings. But you got to stay positive. It’s the first team to four wins, so we’re not going to stop fighting. They did what they had to do here — win games at home,http://optimizaeventos.com/empresa.asp?catalog/product/Mens_Houston_Texans_Jerry_Ricecake_Nike_Navy_Blue_Game_Jersey, so we got to go back and do the same thing.”
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