Dwight Howard returned to Los Angeles for the first time since leaving the Lakers for the Rockets this past offseason and, as you can imagine, his reception was less than lukewarm. Here’s how he was greeted during pregame introductions:
The Rocket wound up easily handling the Lakers at Staples, which clearly put Dwight in a good mood. The Rockets center could be heard joining in on “Howard sucks!” chants with his team up by more than 20 points in the third quarter (above) and again later on the bench.
While that was pretty funny, it didn’t hold a candle to the video that the Rockets official Instagram account uploaded after the game:

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