{"id":307725,"date":"2025-09-27T21:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/307725\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T21:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:57:10","slug":"dwight-howard-recalls-best-nba-career-moment-that-stunned-paul-pierce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/307725\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard recalls best NBA career moment that stunned Paul Pierce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dwight Howard was recently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>It was a deserving honor for <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/dwight-howard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Dwight Howard<\/a>, who dominated the NBA on both ends of the floor during the prime of his career.<\/p>\n<p>While Howard had a plethora of highlight plays during his NBA stint, is there one moment that stands out for the 2020 NBA champion?<\/p>\n<p>Well, as it turns out, Howard does have such a moment, and it happened when he was starting to make a name for himself in the league.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"627\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1340386982-856x627.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo, forward Paul Pierce, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard and Boston Celtics center Kendrick Perkins rebound in the first quarter of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals during the NBA Playoffs at the Amway Arena.\" class=\"wp-image-183805\" \/>Photo by Matt Stone\/MediaNews Group\/Boston Herald via Getty ImagesDwight Howard loved his thunderous alley-oop slam vs Paul Pierce\u2019s Boston Celtics<\/p>\n<p>Aside from playing suffocating defense, Howard shone the most at finishing at the rim with ease. Being an athletic center, he slammed several memorable dunks during his NBA career.<\/p>\n<p>However, the one that stands out the most to him is none other than his one-handed alley-oop finish against the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/boston-celtics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Boston Celtics<\/a> in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got to go with that with the Celtics. I gotta go with that one, because Jameer\u2019s pass is nice,\u201d Howard said on NBA Today.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason why Howard cherishes this finish is the reaction of <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/paul-pierce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Paul Pierce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then Paul Pierce is like, \u2018Jesus Christ,&#8217;\u201d Howard added.<\/p>\n<p>Dwight Howard also picks the favorite chasedown block of his career<\/p>\n<p>After picking the alley-oop finish against the Celtics, Howard was then asked to choose the favorite chasedown block of his career.<\/p>\n<p>The 8x NBA All-Star picked his terrific volleyball spike against Luol Deng of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/chicago-bulls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuol Deng. That one right there was crazy. I had to grab the backboard to stop myself from going forward.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise that Howard was a two-time NBA blocks champion, as he used to swat shots for fun during his stint with the Orlando Magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard was recently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. It was a deserving honor for Dwight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,1676,1409,6,76,2078],"class_list":{"0":"post-307725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-bostonceltics","12":"tag-celtics","13":"tag-dwight-howard","14":"tag-eastern-conference","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-orlando-magic","17":"tag-paul-pierce"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115278502048425387","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}