Lakers laud Jared Dudley for sticking up for Dwight Howard in ejection

MIAMI >> Every player has his role. Jared Dudley is here to get fined.
Well, occasionally. The 34-year-old veteran said as much at media day, when he told reporters if any opponents had a flagrant foul on LeBron James or Anthony Davis, “It’s on, straight up. … That’s part of my job here.”
Taking a double technical in a fourth quarter scrap for Dwight Howard wasn’t exactly what he imagined on the outset, but Dudley (who is making the veteran’s mini