Over the past two years, Dwight Howard has shot under 50% from the free throw line, leading to a lot of jokes that could beat him in a shooting contest. Moms, grandfathers, dentists, nieces, your least athletic friend, that bearded guy sitting next to Jack Nicholson — they’ve all beaten Howard in these imaginary battles.

Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers decided to test out that theory. He flew in his daughter, Kelzer, a mother of three from Houston, to challenge Howard to a free throw contests. The clank-happy Lakers star would shoot left-handed. Kelzer would use her natural right-handed shot. The loser had to donate money to charity. (Howard’s wager was for $5,000. The Simers were betting $500.)

The result is excellent and totally worth three minutes of your time:

As Simers said, this great video wouldn’t have been possible without Howard’s good nature:

Howard could not have been more gracious in setting himself up for defeat. That’s why I like him. He keeps things in perspective, although it seems to bother serious basketball fans and players.

Howard told Simers he’ll continue to work on his free throws for next season — whether he’s in Los Angeles or elsewhere — but that he knows his problem. “”I have only one problem and it’s between my ears,” he said. “I just think too much.”