Dwight Howard kisses off Wizards after being forced to shoot free throws

Tom Gatto

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We've found a solution to Dwight Howard's poor free-throw shooting: attach pettiness to the attempts.

D12 was summoned from the bench to shoot a pair Wednesday after Hornets teammate Michael Carter-Williams was ejected with the Wizards' Tim Frazier for a fourth-quarter scuffle. Wiz coach Scott Brooks wanted Howard, a career 56 percent shooter from the stripe, on the line to replace Carter-Williams.

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That's a fine strategy in a close game, coach, but the Hornets were up 22 at the time.

Naturally, Howard drained both shots. And then it was ON.

Howard was so geeked (and occupied with his dance), he ignored Kelly Oubre Jr.'s shove.

So why Howard was out there, again?

Howard kept it cool on Twitter afterward.

Petty, weird basketball.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.