Houston center Dwight Howard said he played with a torn knee ligament and meniscus in last season's NBA playoffs, in which the Rockets fell in five games to Golden State in the Western Conference finals. Howard, appearing Thursday night on the Houston Texans' NFL pre-game show on SportsRadio 610, said he played through the injuries sustained in the first quarter of the opening game of the series against the Warriors, who went on to win the NBA title. Howard missed half of last season with various injuries, including a spell on the sidelines from January to March following knee surgery.