Rockets guard Courtney Lee has missed seven games with a strained calf, but could play as soon as Monday against the Wizards.
Lee has gone through rigorous pregame workouts before the past two games.
“I had to teach myself how to walk, how to run, how to do everything again,” Lee, 26, said. “The muscle was so weak. It went from me not being able to walk off the court when I got injured, to me not being able to walk normal,to me being able to walk normal, to me not being able to walk without the pain to me being able to walk now without the pain.
“I’m now able to take strides, run. When I can do what they ask me to do without pain, I’m playing.
“It’s not even pain. It’s like a bite. When I get out there without that, I’m going.”