LaRavia won't be unfamiliar to fans much longer

The Lakers called a timeout with 9:35 remaining in the fourth quarter Sunday inanattempt to slow downa Miami Heat team that had sliced a once 18-point Lakers lead to three points. Out of the timeout, the ball wound up in the hands of not Luka Doncic or Austin Reaves, but Jake LaRavia.

- By BRODERICK TURNER

It was up to LaRavia to deliver in a pretty big moment, and he did so emphatically with a left-handed dunk over 7-feet Heat center Kel'el Ware.

The Lakers’ lead never dipped below four points the rest of the way.

“I have no idea,” LaRavia said when asked how he pulled off the dunk over a taller defender. “This was the first time I dunked, I think, ina long time with my left hand and I just saw an open lane. Iwas aggressively attacking it and he kind of jumped a little bit late. So I went up to go dunk the ball for the first time because I was just trying to lay it up.”