(Dwight) Howard did not play Sunday in Detroit because of lingering pain in his right shoulder, and he wasn’t sure he’d return Tuesday in Brooklyn either.

“It feels a little bit better, but still sore,” Howard said Sunday. “Certain movements hurt, and I don’t want to go there in any pain or go out there thinking about it too much.”

Howard aggravated the torn labrum Wednesday in Phoenix. It wasn’t the first time, and the pain fades after each aggravation, but Howard remains leery of another incident.

via Kevin Ding of The Orange County Register