Nba Notebook / No Butterflies for Magic Star -- Howard His Normal, Playful Self On Eve of Matchup with Lakers

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LOS ANGELES - Leave all that cold-blooded seriousness to Kobe Bryant. Orlando Magic star Dwight Howard is going to have fun in his first NBA Finals.

"I'm always going to be that silly person," Howard said Wednesday before practice at Staples Center. "Basketball brings too much joy to me and everybody who watches me. So there's no need to be out there trying to look mean and tough. Even if I tried to look mean and tough, everybody in here would laugh and say, 'That's not him.' So it doesn't work."

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Nba Notebook / No Butterflies for Magic Star -- Howard His Normal, Playful Self On Eve of Matchup with Lakers

Howard's dead-on impersonation of hyped-up Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy has been making the ro...

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