Pregame 5 Jitters and Thoughts

So Game 5 is tonight and it's the Mavs last hope of extending or delaying what everyone already knows, another first round exit. Keys to the Mavs winning tonight is of course stop Chris Paul. The only one who's proven he can keep up is Jason Terry.

West needs to be stopped and I think it's probably best to put Dirk back on him. Dampier has proven he is not effective against West, at least when it comes to defending him.

As for Josh Howard, if he plays tonight, he needs to shine. He's been non-existent this whole series and the Mavs actually need him to score if they want to delay their season from ending. I'm counting Stackhouse out, he's injured and he won't be back til next season so we shouldn't expect him out there and he should be limited to minutes played. Perhaps only using him to substitute a proven scorer in the series with explicit instructions to not shoot.

What's everyone else's thoughts?