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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Houston Rockets upgraded center Dwight Howard from out to doubtful for the team\u2019s Monday night road game against the Indiana Pacers.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Howard has not played since January 23, missing the past 23 games because of swelling in his right knee. Howard had a bone marrow aspirate injection in his knee on Feb. 9 and has only played 32 games this season. He also sat out 11 games earlier in the season because of issues with the same knee.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If Howard doesn\u2019t play against the Pacers, he could possibly suit up for Wednesday\u2019s game against the New Orleans Pelicans.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"That\u2019s a big step,\u201D Howard said to the &lt;em&gt;Houston Chronicle&lt;/em&gt;. \u201CI haven\u2019t circled a day, but hopefully the next couple games I\u2019ll be back.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;JENKINS: The overflowing legacy of Steve Nash&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Howard is averaging 16.3 points, 11 rebounds and 1.4 blocks a game this season for Houston (46-23), which is currently third in the Western Conference standings, 2.5 games behind Memphis with 13 games remaining in the season.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CYou want to play so bad and you know you can\u2019t. It\u2019s hard for me to sometimes just watch the games because a lot of times I\u2019m upset because I can\u2019t get out there,\u201D Howard said. \u201CBut everything happens for a reason. Hopefully, this will be good for me and good for our team.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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