If Jimmy Butler indeed is in the midst of his endgame with the Miami Heat, the process hardly is an outlier during Pat Riley’s three decades of stewardship of the franchise. It’s almost as if it’s the ...

Class 4-A ranking with a heating up tot start the second half, handing the Lakers into their seventh loss of the season.

“In the aftermath, the Lakers would be left with a starting lineup featuring (LeBron) James, (Anthony) Davis, (Austin) Reaves, (Dorian) Finney-Smith and LaVine. Their second unit would likely be (Max) ...