ESPN reporting: Suspended Heat star Jimmy Butler tells Pat Riley in face-to-face meeting that he wants to be traded and will not sign a new deal in Miami.

The Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler are going to go their separate ways soon, as the player has made it clear he has no interest in playing for the Heat again.

The Miami Heat head to crypto.com Arena to face the Los Angeles Lakers in a non-conference matchup. The Heat are 20-18, which puts them in seventh place in the Eastern Conference. The Lakers are 20-17, which puts them in seventh place in the Western Conference.

James Harden scored 13 of his 26 points in a third-quarter revival that rallied the Los Angeles Clippers past the Miami Heat 109-98 on Monday night, snapping a two-game skid. The Clippers were playing their first game in five days after their scheduled game on Saturday was postponed because of deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area.