Who's better? Well... you guys know who I'm going to say.
Projections:
Howard- 18 points, 3 blocks, 16 rebounds. Is exceptional scoring, even though he still hasn't gotten over his Finals performance [he said it'll take more than a while to forget about, but he's working on fixing that], and he is still a little shaken up. And at that, you know Howard when he's mad, he'll go after any rebound, any shot, pretty much anything, even if it costs him a lot of fouls [I expect him to foul a lot].
Nowitzki- 26 points, 0-1 blocks, 7 rebounds. Has a tough time getting rebounds on Howard and Bass, but has a picnic taking Bass out to the perimeter the whole game, and scores 26.