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Howard helps Mavs take control as Parker's sizzle fades

Associated Press

Saturday, April 25, 2009

DALLAS -- Tony Parker was exhausted, having done everything the San Antonio Spurs wanted him to by aggressively taking the ball to the basket. When Parker wasn't scoring, Tim Duncan was while bouncing back from the worst playoff game in his long career. That still wasn't enough to save the Spurs from the brink of an unusual early playoff elimination against the Dallas Mavericks. Josh Howard scored 28 points, seven in an early second-half spurt that put Dallas ahead to stay in a 99-90 victor ...

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