May 31, 2009 8:33 AM EST

Dwight Howard says that no one believed him two years ago when he predicted that the Magic would win a title.

"Everybody laughed," Howard told the Orlando Sentinel. "I mean everyone."

The center made his prediction two years ago.

"They all said, 'Yeah, right, Dwight,' " Howard recalls of what his Olympic teammates said last summer in Beijing.

The Magic will look to put the finish touches on their title run beginning Thursday against the Lakers.

Via Orlando Sentinel