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The doors opened near the end of the Lakers’ shoot-around, revealing the surprise of the day: Dwight Howard shooting mid-range jumpers.
From 14 feet, 16, and a few from 18 feet.
He needs to keep working on it.
His 16-foot bank shot was too hard off the backboard early in Monday’s game against Golden State. His 15-footer from the left elbow was way off the mark a minute later.
He finished with 11 points on four-for-eight shooting in the Lakers’ 109-103 loss.
“We want to just expand his game all over,” Lakers Coach Mike D’Antoni said beforehand. “If he’s going to dominate the game, which he’s young enough and he can, then you can’t play within a four-foot box. He shoots the ball well and we want to keep developing that.”
— Reported by Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times
