NBA: Heat force Game 6, top Lakers to stave off elimination

  • Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard fouls Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) as he drives to the basket in the first quarter during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Friday at AdventHealth Arena at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista. The Heat won, 111-108, to force a Game 6. (WALLY SKALIJ/Los Angeles Times/TNS
    Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard fouls Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) as he drives to the basket in the first quarter during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Friday at AdventHealth Arena at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista. The Heat won, 111-108, to force a Game 6. (WALLY SKALIJ/Los Angeles Times/TNS

    LAKE BUENA VISTA — Jimmy Butler was slumped over a video board behind the baseline in the final seconds, exhausted, gasping for air.

    He gave it all.

    The Miami Heat needed nothing less.

    The NBA Final…