Dwight Howard still believes the Houston Rockets are legitimate championship contenders despite the fact they are on the playoff fringe heading into the homestretch of the regular season. He also knows clicking with superstar teammate James Harden is essential to any miracle playoff run.
Sam Amick of USA Today passed along comments Tuesday from Howard, who's averaging 14.5 points and 12.1 rebounds for the 35-35 Rockets. The 30-year-old veteran doesn't care about the outside perception of the team's chances in the top-heavy Western Conference:
Regardless of how our season is going so far, regardless of the fact that we haven't played up to our expectations, I really believe that we have a championship caliber team. Nobody else has to believe it, and that's fine. The whole world can be against us. But if those 15 guys in the locker room believe that we can win, then we will win. There's no doubt about it. We had a great season last year, and the reason why we were able to come in the playoffs and do what we did is because we believed.
The Rockets reached the conference finals last season before getting eliminated in ...
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