Playoff contenders in the Eastern and Western conferences converge on Friday when the Orlando Magic continue an eight-game homestand against the visiting Los Angeles Clippers.
Both Orlando (42-30) and Los Angeles (45-27) come into Friday's matchup jockeying for home-court advantage in the postseason, with the Clippers sitting in fourth place in the West through Wednesday.
After dropping their second straight with a 101-93 defeat to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, the Magic ended the day 1 1/2 games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers for fourth in the East.
While at least fourth place and thus home court for the first round is within reach for Los Angeles and Orlando, the gap for falling into the play-in round also is narrow. The Clippers are 2 1/2 games ahead of the Phoenix Suns, who are No. 7 and the first team in the play-in out West.
The Magic lead the East's No. 7 Miami by three games.
Before losses to Sacramento and Golden State, Orlando had wo...
