Kobe says Dwight buying-in and excelling has fueled turnaround

Welcome to the Lakers Tweetbag, where we compile a handful of the most interesting tweets from the Lakers beat writers throughout the Twittersphere. This is a prime cut from the people who follow the in's and out's of the purple and gold for a living. Enjoy the tweets, the create-a-caption, the goodies, and a wrap-up of all the writing here at Silver Screen & Roll after every game.

Lakers Tweetbag #30

The Tweets

Dwight Howard with a pretty good revenge game. Not on the Orlando Magic, but on the Hack-A-Howard strategy
— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersBlog_SSR) March 13, 2013

Orlando center Nik Vucevic: "He looked like the Dwight that dominated the league the past few seasons."
— KEVIN DING (@KevinDing) March 13, 2013

Kobe said much of Lakers' turnaround starts with Dwight: "Him just buying in to what we need him to do -- him excelling at it."
— KEVIN DING (@KevinDing) March 13, 2013

Kobe Bryant's message to Dwight before ORL: "Just come out here and kill them." Dwight says he doesn't remember Kobe saying that
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) March 13, 2013

Kobe on Dwight's big free throw night in an environment like Orlando: "For him to be able to make those here, he can make them anywhere"
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) March 13, 2013

Howard gloating to fans sitting behind the basket. Metta indicated to him to sit down
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) March 13, 2013

Dwight said today is part of him maturing "as a player and as a person -- and I'm happy."
— KEVIN DING (@KevinDing) March 13, 2013

LAL have thought all season that if Howard could get healthy & right, they can still be the team they thought they could be.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) March 13, 2013