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On a lazy, Wednesday night in summer, Dwight Howard went on Twitter to respond to some tweets from followers. Most of his responses were of the “sup” variety — Howard’s standard shout-out to fans asking how he’s doing. Other messages were more contentious. One  said Howard shouldn’t have left the Lakers, so Howard responded with a tweet suggesting the fan move on.

@marcuskirk980 let it go. No need to dwell on the past

— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) August 7, 2013

This led to a response from a Twitter user @UHateBre, a handle we’ll soon find out is completely appropriate.

u ain’t never getting a ring “@DwightHoward: @marcuskirk980 let it go. No need to dwell on the past” — Brittni (@uHateBre) August 7, 2013

  I’d imagine people tweet at Howard all the time telling him he’s not going to win a ring. Yet he chose to engage @UHateBre despite her handle suggesting she’s a professional hater who probably wouldn’t let anything affect her  game, not a response from a huge star nor something like, say, petty squabbling with Kobe Bryant.

@uHateBre with that face ion think u getting one either lol. — Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) August 7, 2013

That upped the ante a bit, Dwight. That was like bring a knife to a fistfight, sort of like those guys in the “Beat It” video. All @UHateBre did was talk about a ring that, yeah, Howard’s probably not going to win in Houston. So he goes out and insults her face? There’s only one way to thrown down to that response.

@DwightHoward lmaooooo got one unlike your babymothers

— Brittni (@uHateBre) August 7, 2013

If you’re scoring at home, that’s @UHateBre: 10,000, Dwight Howard: 0.

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