Howard's numbers Monday night?

[vinnie]

I'm going to go with 24 points, 22 boards.

[hwangjini_1]

I'm going to go with 24 points, 22 boards.

not a chance. you've forgotten about the celtics' ROY greg "the stopper" stiemsma. the steamer will beat howard like a rented mule. 

[jiriwelsch]

The TD Banknorth STEAMER!!!!!!!!!

show me some tommy point love

I'm going to go with 24 points, 22 boards.

not a chance. you've forgotten about the celtics' ROY greg "the stopper" stiemsma. the steamer will beat howard like a rented mule. 

[Eja117]

I say have every member of the team hard foul him as much as possible. Get JuJuan Johnson kicked out of the game.  Have Etwaun Moore slap his face.

Then let Pierce tell him "Either you sign with us this off season of for the rest of your career we're going on your face worse than a bunch of knives on mine"

[Roy H.]

He's gone for 20/20 his last two games, and has five 20/20 games this year, so 24/22 probably isn't that far off.

[Sketch5]

The way we've been rebounding Howard will get 22 boards by half time.

[jiriwelsch]

Tell him we gonna get baby to b his roommate

I say have every member of the team hard foul him as much as possible. Get JuJuan Johnson kicked out of the game.  Have Etwaun Moore slap his face.

Then let Pierce tell him "Either you sign with us this off season of for the rest of your career we're going on your face worse than a bunch of knives on mine"

[letsgoblue86]

29 pts, 14 boards....i think ryan anderson is gonna kill us on the boards

[pearljammer10]

19 points 24 boards 5 blocks

[green7]

the c's should deny everyone the ball besides howard,dwight is gonna kill jo anyway but how can his missed free throws match paul pierce,ray,pietrus jumpshots.the hawks used this formula in the playoffs and it worked denied everyone else and let dwight get to the line,but the point is don't allow any 3's!!!!!!

dwight will go 25/19

[Who]

I think Jermaine O'Neal will do a solid job defensively on Dwight Howard early on but once JO goes to the bench the whole shebang will go to hell. I expect Dwight Howard will light up whoever else tries to defend him en route to his second best scoring night of the season. Probably 28-34 points.

He could easily go for 20+ boards against the Celtics but his rebounding (and defensive impact) frequently takes a dip when he's required to score the ball more often offensively and I reckon that'll be the case with Bradley on Jameer and Hedo out injured.

So I am going to go for 28-34 points and 15-16 rebounds.

[Chris16]

the c's should deny everyone the ball besides howard,dwight is gonna kill jo anyway but how can his missed free throws match paul pierce,ray,pietrus jumpshots.the hawks used this formula in the playoffs and it worked denied everyone else and let dwight get to the line,but the point is don't allow any 3's!!!!!!

dwight will go 25/19

That probably won't work as well this year, remember last year the Magic weren't really motivated and the Hawks beating them was more "revenge" than the Hawks actually being the better team (because they weren't).

[Chris16]

I think Jermaine O'Neal will do a solid job defensively on Dwight Howard early on but once JO goes to the bench the whole shebang will go to hell. I expect Dwight Howard will light up whoever else tries to defend him en route to his second best scoring night of the season. Probably 28-34 points.

He could easily go for 20+ boards against the Celtics but his rebounding (and defensive impact) frequently takes a dip when he's required to score the ball more often offensively and I reckon that'll be the case with Bradley on Jameer and Hedo out injured.

So I am going to go for 28-34 points and 15-16 rebounds.

Hedo's coming back tomorrow.

[Who]

I think Jermaine O'Neal will do a solid job defensively on Dwight Howard early on but once JO goes to the bench the whole shebang will go to hell. I expect Dwight Howard will light up whoever else tries to defend him en route to his second best scoring night of the season. Probably 28-34 points.

He could easily go for 20+ boards against the Celtics but his rebounding (and defensive impact) frequently takes a dip when he's required to score the ball more often offensively and I reckon that'll be the case with Bradley on Jameer and Hedo out injured.

So I am going to go for 28-34 points and 15-16 rebounds.

Hedo's coming back tomorrow.

Ahh, okay, I'd tend more towards the near consensus 20/20 game then.

I am going to go with 26 points and 21 boards instead.

[ManUp]

Consider our bulkiest guy is JO that sounds about right.

I fully expect Howard to terrorize our front-line and our offense.