Some food for thought: Josh Howard has played 44 minutes combined in both games, almost the equivalent of a full game. The Mavs have outscored the Nuggets by 2 over that time span. Take Anthony or Billups away from the Nuggets and I'm sure they won't be quite as good either.
That doesn't mean Dallas might have won a game for sure, but it's quite obvious that he is the difference between a good team that barely made the playoffs and a potentially dangerous team. He was on his way back to becoming the Josh Howard of a couple of years ago again, a version as valuable as Carmelo Anthony for the Nuggets.
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