Clippers vs. Magic: 5 Things Dwight Howard Could Learn from Blake Griffin

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Yesterday the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Orlando Magic in overtime. The two teams have been discussed in multiple trade rumors recently as well. 

While Griffin's team won, Howard played a better game, scoring 33 points with 14 boards to Griffin's 18 and 10.

That doesn't mean that the veteran doesn't have some tings he can learn from the second-year power superstar, though.

Here are five. 

How to Mosgov

Dwight Howard has been known to throw down a facial or two in his day, but not like Griffin's dunks on Timofey Mozgov or Kendrick Perkins.

He's never brought detectives Bensen and Stabler to the game to question him about it. 

The legend is that while Mozgov was getting dunked on he was heard to be saying, "Wmmfff rrrffhfh uughgghh dngggg thsss tttfff meefff?"

How to Be Funny

Blake Griffin and Dwight Howard can both make you laugh.

The difference is that Howard tries to be the clown and make you laugh at him, while Griffin makes you laugh with him. Griffin is "grown up" funny. 

Howard could use a little more maturity in his sense of humor as well as in a lot of other things. 

How to Pass

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Since Blake Griffin has come into the league, the only player 6'10" or taller with more assists than Griffin is Hedo Turkoglu.

Griffin has nearly three times as many dimes (312) as Dwight Howard (107). 

Both players are accomplished at finishing at the rim, but for a player that commands so much interior attention, he should be a better player at getting the ball back out to the perimeter for open threes, especially on a team like the Magic with so many great perimeter players. 

One thing Howard can learn from Griffin is how to be a better passer. 

How to Be a Teammate

Notice in the video above how Blake Griffin doesn't talk about how pathetic his teammates are and how he'll never win a championship with them. 

Now I can hear the rebuttals already.

Griffin is playing for a winner. Griffin is only in his second year. Howard's been there for seven. 

At what point is it OK to throw your teammates under the bus? How about never. 

How to Make Stars Come to You

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After one year of playing with arguably the worst organization in the history of professional sports, Griffin got four variations of star players to come to play with him. 

First, Caron Butler chose Griffin and the Clippers over Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls.

Then Chauncey Billups chose to play with them in spite of his earlier protests.

Then Chris Paul agreed to extend a year if they traded for him.

Now Kenyon Martin has come to play alongside him. 

Dwight Howard, meanwhile, has been trying to figure out where he is going to go. It says a lot about Griffin that he makes the other stars come to him, and not who he is going to go join.