Whicker: Zubac comes off deep bench, helps Lakers past Pelicans

LOS ANGELES — Could Ivica Zubac get through the final minutes Friday night without fouling out?
Of all the burning questions that were supposed to confront the Lakers this season, that one was somewhere near absolute zero.
But there it was. Zubac, the center from Croatia whom the Lakers picked in the second round in 2017, was carrying five fouls into the final minutes against New Orleans. He was getting those minutes because JaVale McGee was out with a particularly bitter case of the flu,