Even though the Orlando Magic swept the Charlotte Bobcats and get a nice rest before facing the winner of the Atlanta-Milwaukee series, superstar center Dwight Howard can't keep his thoughts to himself. On Tuesday, Howard got on his blog and went in on the referees who called the game during the series.

"Y'all know that that series against Charlotte drove me crazy. I mean, it was almost comical at times how I was getting fouls called on me," Howard wrote on his blog. "There was nothing I could do out there, and I felt like I couldn't even move without getting that whistle blown on me.

"I'm not looking to say anything to get myself in trouble with the league, but I just don't see other star players getting called for fouls the way I get them. No star player in the league is outta games the way I am. I even talked to Pat Ewing about his career and he said he never had foul trouble like what I'm going through."

NBA Commissioner David Stern didn't like that. He fined Howard $35,000 for the comments, keeping his promise that he'll be cracking down harder on critical comments on NBA officials. Stern previously fined Howard's teammate Matt Barnes and Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy $35,000 as well for their criticism of the officiating in the series last week.