Houston (CBS HOUSTON) – The Houston Rockets fell to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals this last post season with a limited Dwight Howard.

During the Texans Radio pregame show on SportsRadio 610 Dwight told Mike Meltser and Seth Payne of Mad Radio that he played through some major injuries during the series.

“I basically was playing with a torn MCL and meniscus,” Howard said. “I never said anything about it, I tried to cover it up saying it was a sore knee, but I was in pain the rest of the series.”

Howard said it was about giving it his all for his teammates as to why he played through the injuries.

“You never know if you will ever make it back to this moment,” Howard told Meltser and Payne. “Sacrifice your body, your mind, your spirit for your teammates and for the city and hope for the best. And when we lost, it was like, I gave everything I had. And it hurt, but we can make up for it this season.”

The Rockets lost the series 4-1 as the Warriors went on to win the NBA Finals over the Cavaliers.