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Lakers can’t even escape Dwight Howard in China

This Dwight Howard mural in China is in front of the arena the Lakers have been using to practice for an exhibition game Tuesday.
(Mike Bresnahan / Los Angeles Times)
By Mike Bresnahan
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BEIJING -- The Lakers still can’t escape Dwight Howard even though they’re 6,000 miles from home.

Howard made an appearance here on behalf of Adidas this past summer, and many giant-size likenesses of him hover over an outdoor court next to MasterCard Arena, where the Lakers play Golden State in an exhibition game Tuesday.

The slogan plastered on the images: “All in for Dwight.”

And yes, one of the recreational players on the court in the accompanying photo wore Lakers purple and gold under the shots of Dwight in red and white.

The Lakers will have practiced at the arena three times before Tuesday’s game but their bus has been pulling into the loading dock way on the other side of the Dwightscape.

It’s best they keep coming and going that way. Really.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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