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The Amway Center is one of the slickest, most innovative arenas in North America, providing fans with an assortment of things to do, sights to see and places to eat and drink. But while at the arena, those fans aren’t doing a good enough job of supporting the team and staying attuned to the basketball game during the regular season, says Orlando <a href="http://www.bikinis2011sale.com/sinful-bikini-c-57.html"><strong>sinful bikinis</strong></a> Magic star Dwight Howard. A Magic fan named Otiga Ogubi, under the twitter handle of @tstreetz77, sent a Twitter message to Howard saying, “we sell out the Orena and 85% r just there to look good until the playoffs.” Howard agreed, expressing concern about the Amway Center crowd. Howard wrote back, “that upsets me cuz I don’t wait till the playoffs to play hard. I give y’all my best everynite. Y becuz some people don’t get a chance to be at everygame. And I want them to always remember the nite they saw me play. So. I play for y’all. I feed off the fans. ESP at home. It’s a different atmosphere in the playoffs at the arena. That same atmosphere should be during the season.” If you’re not adept at Twitter-speak, Howard said he plays hard every night because he wants every fan to remember the time he or she saw Howard play. Because he’s bringing <a href="http://www.bikinis2011sale.com/sinful-bikini-c-57.html"><strong>sinful swimwear</strong></a> his best every night, he wants fans to bring playoff intensity every night. This year, Howard didn’t feel like the fans brought it all the time. “I can always go back to the year we went to the Finals,” Howard said right before the playoffs this season. “It was so loud.” Howard said there’s <a href="http://www.bikinis2011sale.com/ed-hardy-bikini-c-44.html"><strong>ed hardy swimwear</strong></a> “nothing wrong” with the Amway Center and its amenities. But the luxury boxes and suites near the court certainly hurt the crowd noise. At the old Amway Arena, the only luxury boxes — whose patrons are generally not as loud or involved as other fans — were above the second level, meaning hard-core fans were packed all the way down to the court. This year, the swanky Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge on the ground level was usually more packed than the lower bowl at the start of the third quarter. And many other fans, especially first-time visitors, used halftime as a chance to tour the arena and take advantage of all there is to do. The NBA is notorious for inconsistent crowds during the regular season. That’s nothing unique to Orlando; fans just don’t get up for a February game against Milwaukee like they do a game against the Lakers. But Howard has a point. You can’t fault the Magic for building a fun and innovative arena, but you <a href="http://www.am9-pm5.com/guestbook.php"><strong>Arnold Schwarzenegger Wears Tacky 'I Survived Maria' T-Shirt (omg ...</strong></a> can’t fault Howard for being upset about the flaky crowd, either. Follow @ZachMcCann zmccann@orlandosentinel.com