So the Howard/Shaq matchup was sooner than I thought lol. That was a war between those guys. The only thing that sucked, was, 1. Wasn't televised, and, 2. The refs put them both in foul trouble, wouldn't let them play. They would let one of them get away with a push, then call it at the other end. You have two of the biggest bruisers to play the game, let them go at it. But I do have to say, Howard won that battle. Not only did they win, he got into Shaq's head. When Shaq threw Howard out of bounds (obvious offensive), Howard just looked at the ref and smiled. When the favor was returned, Shaq went irrate. Shaq even tried flopping a charge! On a Howard move that was very similar to one Shaq would make! All in all, Howard scored a couple more, Shaq rebounded a couple more, so nothing was really proved. It wasn't a difinitive matchup, but I think Howard gets the tip thus far. Especially since Shaq played 5-6 minutes more due to the foul calls, and still put up equal numbers, and half of Shaq's numbers came in that time Howard was out.
And then there's the Melo issue.........what a goon.