Howard comes out cold for Dallas Mavericks

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First Cup: Thursday
Published 4/24/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News: "The numbers are flat-out ugly. Josh Howard has hit seven of 26 shots in the first-round playoff series, a 26.9 percent rate. He has four turnovers and no steals. He's averaging 13.5 points, more than six below his regular-season mark. The truth is the Mavericks can't survive with their supposed second-best player playing like this." ...

Hornets-Mavericks: Thursday news wrap
Published 4/24/2008 at Hornets247.com Blog
... from the above article, Charles Barkley's thoughts on the series so far... "I don't think you panic when you lose the first two on the road," Barkley said. "You're not going to come back from [three games down], so you've got to make sure you win Game 3. Then you say we've got to win Game 4, and then the pressure switches back to New Orleans. You can't panic, you've go to keep your confidence up." More Sefko, this time from his bunch of notes in the DMN... The numbers are flat-out ugly. Josh Howard has hit seven of 26 ...