EAST LANSING, Michigan: Magic Johnson plans to hug it out with the Los Angeles Lakers to help them cope with the fallout from the NBA trade deadline.

“It’s a part of business, it’s a part of being a professional athlete,” he said Saturday (Sunday in Manila) . “I’m going to hug ‘em and tell them that we got to come together and our goal is still in reach, which is to make the playoffs.”

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