Kevin McHale is continually working with Dwight Howard on improving his post play and is borrowing techniques from the NFL to help instill strong fundamentals.

“Just staying low,” Howard said of McHale’s direction. “He always refers to Adrian Peterson and how he runs through different holes in the game. He runs real low. He was saying I have the ability to do the same thing: use my quickness and my speed to get around guys. I have to get low to be able to do it.”

The Rockets have only used Howard in the post sporadically to begin the season.

“We’re just getting started together,” McHale said. “It’s a whole new offense for him. We’ve worked, but not as much as we will work.”