Someone needs to tell Dwight Howard it's only the preseason

The Hawks' center is playing like it's June.
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Jacob Lauing
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Someone needs to tell Dwight Howard it's only the preseason
Dwight Howard needs to chill. Credit: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

It's still the NBA preseason — which means the games don't technically count — but Dwight Howard doesn't care.

The Atlanta Hawks center tried to keep a ball in bounds and went flying across the scorer's table on Tuesday night.

One of the monitors was no match for the 6-foot-11, 265-pound Howard.


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Howard isn't the only NBA star playing with max effort this preseason. LeBron James broke out a massive chase down block less than a minute into the Cleveland Cavaliers' Tuesday night game.

Don't hurt yourself, Dwight. There are a lot of games left.

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Jacob Lauing

Jacob is Mashable's Sports Intern. He graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where he studied journalism and served as editor-in-chief of Mustang News, Cal Poly's student newspaper. Some of Jacob's favorite activities include watching baseball, playing music and eating bagels.

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