The final image of the 2011 season saw Dwight Howard hunched over the scorer’s table at Philips Arena in Atlanta. J.J. Redick‘s shot to extend the series to a Game 7 back in Orlando fell no good. Two years removed from the NBA Finals, the Orlando Magic were going home in the first round.
To that point, it was probably the greatest failure of his career. The championship window was closing and everything with the organization was about to fall apart. They were a team on the decline.
It was all on Dwight Howard’s shoulders and everyone was coming for blood.