Dwight Howard's Taiwanese team finishes the regular season dead last / News - Basketnews.com

Even though Howard has been averaging 23.2 points (2nd in the league), 16.2 rebounds (1st), and 5 assists (4th) per game in Taiwan, his Taoyuan Leopards will finish the season last in the standings and will be the only team that will not participate in the playoffs.

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Dwight Howard's first stint with the Taoyuan Leopards in the Taiwanese T1 League did not end well.

Dwight Howard

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The former Los Angeles Lakers center's club finished the season dead last in the standings. Even though they still have one game to play the next Sunday, April 23rd, the Leopards are two games behind the fifth-placed Taichung Suns and can no longer reach them.

Howard's team has had multiple extended losing streaks throughout the year and has only 6 wins in 29 games.

There are only six teams in the competition. After the regular season, the playoff stage starts, and Howard's team will be the only one that will not participate in them. The 4th and 5th teams in the standings play a play-in-like series for the semifinals while the 6th team finishes the year after the first stage.

In 20 games with the Leopards, Howard has been averaging 23.2 points (2nd in the league), 16.2 rebounds (1st), and 5 assists (4th) per game in 33:25 of playing time. He missed the last two contests.

The player's choice to play in Taiwan caused a beef with Shaquille O'Neal to resurface with the Hall of Famer criticizing both Howard's decision and his performance on the court.

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