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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One Lakers fan exacted a bit of revenge against Dwight Howard by leaving him hanging on a halftime handshake during Houston's 134-108 victory in L.A. on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes vicious booing just isn't sufficiently satisfying.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With the Rockets well on their way to a blowout victory in Howard's first game back at the Staples Center since signing with Houston last summer, the All-Star center fell victim to a sophomoric (but hilarious) prank as he left the court. Howard extended his right hand to high five a series of fans as he headed towards the locker room and one gentleman raised his hand in such a way that Howard couldn't miss him. Once Howard approached, though, the man quickly ducked his hand out of the way before the All-Star center could actually make contact. Gotcha! Perfectly executed. Just as he surely diagrammed the action on his white board.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go ahead and add this to the NBA's growing collection of \"left hanging\" moments.\u00A0Last year,\u00A0Heat forward LeBron James famously left a fan in Denver\u00A0hanging. Then, Warriors forward Andre Iguodala\u00A0didn\u2019t complete a pair of handshakes with fans\u00A0after knocking down a game-winner. Back in November, Thunder center Steven Adams decided to shake his own hand after Clippers center Byron Mullens refused to give him a \"good game\" handshake.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this non-handshake was hardly the worst abuse Howard endured from the Staples Center crowd, as he was booed and showered with \"Howard Sucks!\" chants throughout the night. After the game, though, Howard and the Rockets\u00A0got the last laugh by mocking those chants in a video posted from the team plane.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Howard, 28, decided to\u00A0sign a four-year, $87.6 million contract\u00A0with the Rockets back in July after the Lakers\u00A0launched a \u201CStay Dwight!\u201D billboard campaign\u00A0in hopes of re-signing him. Howard is averaging 18.9 points, 12.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game this season and he was selected to his eighth consecutive All-Star Game.\u00A0He scored 20 points (on 9-for-14 shooting), grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked three shots against the Lakers on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Houston is currently the West\u2019s No. 3 with a record of 37-17 while L.A. is tied for the worst record in the conference at 18-36.\n&lt;em&gt;Video via YouTube user frank den | Hat tip: ProBasketballTalk&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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