A five-game West Coast trip is set to come to an end for the Magic.
But we won’t find out the true impact a bulk of that western swing had on the Magic’s standing in the power rankings until next week (many of these were posted prior to games against the Warriors and Blazers). While it isn’t necessarily reflected in their road trip record (1-3), the Magic’s play and their ability to compete with some of the West’s elite (double-digit leads in Oakland and Portland) has been encouraging.
A quarter of the season has passed and the Magic are hovering around .