DHoward, Advanced Stats, Rudy Gay, NBA's Lost Wknd, Pacers, Trade Rumors

- Dwight Howard: 'I'm in a better place' (from Ramona Shelburne, ESPN.com): " Dwight Howard isn't regretting leaving the Los Angeles Lakers. He's happy in Houston and confident he made the right decision last July to spurn the Lakers' five-year, $118 million offer for the Rockets' four-year, $87.6 million deal. But on the eve of his first game against h…