Dwight Howard will have back surgery and will not play this postseason

Dwight Howardis scheduled to have season-ending surgery to repair a herniated disk in his lower back Friday, team officials and Howard’s agent said Thursday night. Robert Watkins, who will perform the surgery in Marina del Rey, Calif., and Magic team orthopedist Craig Mintzer both agreed that surgery was the best option for the perennial All-NBA center. “Dwight went in for an MRI Thursday morning,” Dan Fegan,