Howard's bad night against the Bobcats

People went a little crazy over Dwight Howard's struggle in Charlotte on Sunday.

Howard turned in his worst game of the season scoring four points and seven rebounds in 26 foul-plagued minutes. Henry Abbott of Truehoop broke down Howard's game and (probably correctly) concluded the game was an aberration.

Everyone has an off night and everyone gets into foul trouble eventually.

What does get pointed out is Howard's tendency to "drift" when he is not involved in the offense. His problem has always been that he loses his aggression on both sides of the ball when he is not involved in the offense.

I could not watch last night's game, but that seems to be what happened. Read John Hollinger's analysis of Howard's game from the offseason -- it is pretty dead on.

While the national media is going crazy over Howard's poor game (again everyone has bad nights), the Magic somehow pulled out another win when they played poorly.

After pulling a come-from-behind victory at Dallas, Orlando again rallied for a big road victory. Again, the Magic are not beating anybody impressive quite yet, but road wins are important either way.

All starters outside of Howard scored in double figures and it seems like everyone on the team has the capability of picking up the slack of struggling players. Pulling out these games is a sign of a good team. It looks like Orlando is going to be just fine after some struggle at the start.

The poor shooting cannot continue. But like last year, a win is a win at this point. And as unimpressive as they have looked, the Magic are building confidence for another late season push.