Dwight Howard is trying not to second-guess his decision to comeback early from offseason back surgery.

Howard hasn't looked like his previous self throughout the season, though he is incrementally playing better.

"Looking back on it, I could have sat out the whole season until now and starting playing now, but I just felt like we had such a great opportunity," he said. "Some of these guys, their windows for winning are very small, and I just wanted to get back and try to do whatever I can to help this team, knowing that I wasn't in great shape. My body wasn't all the way there yet."

Howard has also been playing with a torn labrum.

"Sometimes I have gotten beat up for it, but that's fine. I'll take all those hits and I'll keep moving," Howard said. "People watch games and they see me playing so they think it's all good. It's just a time thing. I've just got to keep going, keep pushing myself and it'll get better."