Keyon Dooling is moving a little better, but he likely will not return until next week -- at the earliest.

Dooling will not play in the back-to-back set of games Friday and Saturday against the Memphis Grizzlies at home and the Washington Wizards on the road.

The Magic's subsequent games are another back-to-back situation at Houston next Tuesday and then at Oklahoma City on Wednesday.

"It's getting better," said Dooling, who missed the opener and has not played since injuring his right foot Oct. 18 in Miami. "I've never had anything like this, pain on the bottom of the foot. And I don't want it to be something that I have to deal with all season."