During the Rockets game in Atlanta on Tuesday night, Dwight Howard was caught using Stickum spray on his hands. After receiving the ball for a free throw, Hawks forward Paul Millsap reported a strange substance on it.
Official Monty McCutchen warned both benches, then reportedly spotted a suspicious can on the scorer's table behind Houston coach J.B. Bickerstaff.
Howard downplayed it postgame: “I don’t know why people are making a big deal out of it,” he told the Houston Chronicle. “I do it every game. It’s not a big deal.”
“I’ve never felt the ball like that ever,” Millsap told reporters.