Dude, do you think you could chill a bit on the condescending 'tude? You've been on the attack pretty hard, I'll just stick to your basketball queries...
Look, my opinion on that series is that Atlanta didn't stop Howard (27 points/15 boards per is hardly 'stopping'), but they were able to play him with single coverage most of the time, which meant that they could do a real number on the Magic's shooters.
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