The Lakers have officially ruled out forward Dorian Finney-Smith for tonight's match against the Miami Heat. Finney-Smith is out for personal reasons, and we found out earlier Wednesday that it is due to the birth of his baby boy.

The Los Angeles Lakers are on a three-game losing streak after falling apart in the fourth quarter on Monday and losing 126-102 to the San Antonio Spurs. They will look to stop that skid on Wednesday when they host the Miami Heat at Crypto.

Plus, a Detroit connection, the boxout of the year (courtesy of the Knicks) and a reigning conference finalist is caught in the middle.

During the Los Angeles Lakers' disappointing 126-102 blowout loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, a largely healthy L.A. squad looked fairly listless agains

While Jimmy Butler, the Heat's best player, will not play after he was recently suspended, it would be very helpful for the Lakers to have Finney-Smith, as he could switch onto players such as Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro and make them work hard.

Finney-Smith, a veteran 3-and-D wing who the Lakers have coveted for some time, relishes going from a rebuilding franchise to one he believes is trying to contend for a championship.

The Los Angeles Lakers made their first big move of the season when they traded for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton. In that trade, the Lakers sent D'Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis, and three second-round picks to Brooklyn in exchange for Finney-Smith and Milton.

This may be just about the right time for the Lakers to at least consider moving newly acquired forward Dorian Finney-Smith into their starting five.

Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith said coaches prepared the players well for Monday's game versus the Spurs, but that players didn't do their part.

New Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith seems to be gradually getting acclimated, and Anthony Davis is optimistic about the impact he will make.