The Miami Heat aren't quite the mediocre, rebuilding team many expected them to be this season after trading Jimmy Butler in February. They have a 3-2 record and are first in pace, as well as second in points per game and fast-break points per game coming into Sunday.

The Lakers remain without LeBron James (right-side sciatica), while Deandre Ayton’s status is worth monitoring after exiting Friday’s game with back spasms. He didn’t return for the second half, as head coach JJ Redick opted to hold him out for precautionary reasons.

On Sunday night, the Miami Heat take on the Los Angeles Lakers in an exciting NBA matchup to close out the weekend of sports.

Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers are 4-2 in the 2025-26 season and coming off an impressive win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. Doncic returne

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has not played in a game this season while dealing with a right sciatica injury.

Jeanie Buss will remain the Lakers' governor under the deal for at least the next five years, and she will oversee day-to-day operations "for the foreseeable future," the team said.

Hachimura, who has assumed his more natural starting power forward role with James sidelined, has enjoyed a solid start to a critical season. The 27-year-old Gonzaga product is on an expiring $18.3 million contract, and could be in line for a raise in unrestricted free agency come this summer.

At least one NBA executive believes Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves is playing his way into a major raise while LeBron James remains sidelined by injury.

Prior to the 2019-20 season, the Lakers signed Devontae Cacok, a 6-foot-7, 240-pound big man, to an Exhibit 10 contract. He was waived and then brought back by the Lakers as a G League player before they gave him a two-way contract early in the season.