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Howard embarrassed the Lakers with countless dunks, putbacks and post moves in the Lakers 134-108 loss on Feb. 19, 2014, answering the stream of boos every time he touched the ball with 20 points and 13 rebounds.
It wasn’t like this was the only place he got booed, Lin said. He got booed in a lot of places. He took it all in stride and had a smile on his face. I respect him for that. I really do. It’s easy for everyone to shout and jab at him about different things. But to deal with it at every road game, I was impressed orlando area hotels with how he handled orlando area hotels it.
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