Not only is D’Antoni sticking with Howard at the end of games, when teams are hacking him, he’s doing it at the expense of Pau Gasol. For the second time, D’Antoni benched Gasol at the end of the fourth quarter in an attempt to space the floor for Howard. “I’d like to be out there,” Gasol said. “It’s upsetting for me as a player.” He is getting no sympathy from Kobe Bryant, however, who urged Gasol to “put on his big boy pants” and adjust.
Once again, drama and unrest have found Dwight Howard’s team. In a karmic twist, the Magic were the ones piling it on.
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