Sometimes the athlete lets the fan win at these competitions. It is all just good spirited fun, bust in this particular case Dwight Howard just lost to the lady, because he isn’t very good at shooting free throws.
Howard says he has seen a psychiatrist to help with his free throw woes, but it hasn’t helped much as you can see. The best part of the video is when the woman says “Kobe thinks you are soft” to rattle Dwight and it seemed to work.