The over-under for healthy bodies will be about eight when the injury-riddled Washington Wizards visit the decimated Orlando Magic on Friday. A combination of injuries and illness - namely the flu - left the Wizards with only eight players available for Wednesday's game at Oklahoma City. The result was predictable as the Thunder slowly pulled away in the second half to hand outmanned Washington only its third loss in nine games.

The Atlanta Hawks locked up their playoff spot on Wednesday night. The Boston Celtics, who host the Hawks on Friday, are next in line to do the same. The Celtics snapped a five-game slide by barely topping the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday and are trying to survive a two-week stretch without defensive anchor Kevin Garnett. Atlanta has won six of its last nine and is trying to close out a four-game road trip with a winning mark.

The New York Knicks have rebounded from their worst stretch with one of their best and will go a for a season-high seventh straight victory when they host the lowly Charlotte Bobcats on Friday. New York ran its winning streak to six with an impressive back-to-back against the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies. The current run followed a disastrous four-game road trip in which the Knicks lost each game by double digits.

The Detroit Pistons haven’t won a home game since Feb. 13 and lost their last two such contests by an average of 30 points. Detroit seeks to end a seven-game home losing streak when it hosts the sliding Toronto Raptors on Friday. The drought is the Pistons’ longest occurrence of home ineptitude since an eight-game skid during the 2000-01 season. The Raptors have lost five straight and 12 of their last 15.

The Philadelphia 76ers are extreme longshots in the Eastern Conference playoff race. However, they have a tiny glimmer of hope entering a soft portion of the schedule Friday in Cleveland. The Sixers are coming off a win over eighth-place Milwaukee on Wednesday, but they still sit seven games back of the Bucks in the race for the final playoff spot. After playing the lowly Cavaliers, Philadelphia also has a home-and-home set with last-place Charlotte.

The Memphis Grizzlies will try to claim their fifth consecutive home win over the Houston Rockets - and their 10th straight overall at FedEx Forum - on Friday night. The home team has won the past nine meetings dating to Houston's last victory in Memphis on Dec. 3, 2010. Memphis, which has already clinched a playoff slot, hopes to continue that trend as it looks to move up in the Western Conference standings. The Grizzlies are in fifth, one game behind fourth-place Denver.

Their pursuit of the longest winning streak in NBA history now over, the Miami Heat can set their sights on starting another one when they visit the New Orleans Hornets on Friday. The Heat saw their 27-game run, the second-longest in league history, come to an end in Chicago on Wednesday. The team's first loss since Feb. 1 prevented Miami from clinching the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, a near-inevitable result that likely will occur on their current four-game road trip.

The Minnesota Timberwolves thought they were robbed in a loss on Wednesday and the NBA agreed. Still hot from that setback, the Timberwolves will try to take out some frustration on the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday. The Thunder are trying to track down the San Antonio Spurs atop the Western Conference and have won three straight games while showing off a defensive intensity that has been absent at times.

It's starting to look as though the road to the NBA Finals will go through San Antonio, and the Los Angeles Clippers will get a taste of what that entails when they travel to face the Spurs on Friday. San Antonio sits atop the Western Conference with a 1 1/2-game cushion over Oklahoma City - in large part because of a 31-4 mark at home, where the Spurs have won six straight. The Clippers have had the Spurs' number lately, winning their last three games in San Antonio

The Denver Nuggets look to snap their two-game losing skid on Friday when they host the Brooklyn Nets, who are 4-1 on their eight-game, 13-day road trip. Denver is battling the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis for third place in the Western Conference, while Brooklyn sits in fourth place in the East. The Nets recorded their franchise record-tying 20th road win of the season on Wednesday with a 111-93 rout of Portland.

The Utah Jazz attempt to end their longest road losing streak in 31 years when they visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday. Utah has lost nine straight away games, the franchise’s worst stretch since a 17-game skid during the 1981-82 campaign. A victory over Portland would move the Jazz into a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The teams have split two meetings this season.