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Dwight Howard goes against Reggie Evans during the Hall of Famer’s BIG3 debut. BIG3/Chapman Baehler Dwight Howard exited his first BIG3 game in dramatic fashion. “Quite a debut,” Howard shared exclusively. Howard got in a fight with Lance Stephenson late in the second half of the opening game of the eighth season of Ice Cube’s three-on-three basketball league. The former NBA players wrestled with each other near the baseline, eventually cascading into a VIP seating section. Both were thrown out of the game. The fight occurred after Howard was boxing out Stephenson. “He kind of put his hand up like he was going to throw a punch, and I was going to block it,” Howard said. “Then he did it again. So I’m like, All right now. You can’t keep acting like you’re going to throw punches in my face. It’s a little respect.” Afterward, Howard’s phone blew up with calls, including one from his crying mother, who he placated. With the game being nationally televised on CBS, clips of the fight went viral. “He added some spice to the game,” Ice Cube exclusively shared. “Welcome to the BIG3.” It was an attention-getting debut and one that the hip-hop star and BIG3 co-founder had long awaited. Ice Cube had called and texted Howard, who last played in the NBA in 2022, for a couple of years, telling him that he’d have fun and they’d treat him like the star he is. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, Howard is just the third Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer to play in the BIG3, joining Chauncey Billups and Allen Iverson, though the latter barely played. It wasn’t just Ice Cube who tried to land the eight-time NBA All-Star and three-time Defensive Player of the Year. BIG3 head of…

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