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  ATLANTA -- Lou Williams wasnt surprised he saved his best for the end. Cheap Jerseys .Williams scored 16 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied after trailing most of the game to beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-116 on Wednesday night.Williams, the Atlanta native who played for the Hawks from 2012-14, had a quiet game before his big final quarter.The fourth quarter is normally my best quarter of my career, Williams said.The Hawks led 60-51 at halftime. The Lakers, led by DAngelo Russells 23 points, dominated the second half. It was an impressive performance for a team playing the second straight night at the end of a four-game road trip. It was their first win of the trip.Were just learning, said Nick Young, who had 17 points. Weve pretty much been in every game. It was bound to go our way one of these nights.Dwight Howard had 31 points and 11 rebounds and Tim Hardaway Jr. had 26 points for Atlanta.A 3-pointer by Brandon Ingram early in the fourth quarter gave the Lakers a 99-98 lead -- their first since the opening period. A layup by Williams stretched the Lakers lead to 107-100.A steal and basket by Atlantas Dennis Schroder and a 3-pointer by Kyle Korver -- his first points of the game -- cut the lead to two.Williams beat the shot clock with a 3-pointer, and a jam by Larry Nance Jr. gave the Lakers a 118-112 lead.After Julius Randle blocked a shot by Schroder, Youngs 3-pointer with 17.9 seconds remaining clinched the win.The Lakers outscored the Hawks 72-56 in the second half while excelling in the up-tempo pace the Hawks hope to embrace.When asked if the Hawks like the fast pace, Korver said We like to play defense, too.Clearly, giving up 123 points didnt fit Hawks coach Mike Budenholzers plan.You cant ever feel good if you give up that kind of offense in two consecutive quarters, Budenholzer said.TIP-INSLakers: C Timofey Mozgov, who suffered a left eye contusion in Tuesday nights loss at Indiana, did not play. After results from a CT were inconclusive, Mozgov will have additional tests and will be examined by team doctors on Thursday when the team returns to Los Angeles. ... The Lakers shot 60.9 percent in the third quarter and 53.9 percent for the game. ... Luol Deng had 13 points and 10 rebounds.Hawks: Hardaway hit two 3-pointers in the last minute of the opening quarter, giving him 14 points with four 3-pointers for the period. ... Schroder had 11 points and six assists. ... Paul Millsap had four of the teams 18 turnovers.TECHNICAL ISSUESTechnical problems with the scoreboard and shot clocks caused confusion in the third quarter. Hawks public address announcer Ryan Cameron had to announce the updated score following each basket for the final 3 minutes of the period.FACES IN THE CROWDBoxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. had a front-row seat. Former Atlanta Falcons star receiver Roddy White also drew cheers when shown on the video board.ROOKIE DEBUTLakers rookie Ivica Zubac, 19, of Croatia had six points in his NBA debut as the fill-in starter for Mozgov. Howard went straight at Zubac with a jam on Atlantas first possession, but the young Zubac didnt back down. Zubac answered by making a hook shot over Howard and then scored again for the Lakers second field goal. Zubac lasted only about five minutes before going to the bench with his third foul.UP NEXTLakers: The Lakers return home to play Golden State on Friday night.Hawks: After opening the season with a home win over Washington, Atlanta plays at the Wizards on Friday night. Cheap NFL Jerseys China . LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping ., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., took sixth spot on Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition. http://www.cheapjerseysreal.com/ ;. Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. George Hill stole a bad pass and was going in for a layup, and Pierce hustled back and appeared to be trying to wrap him up. INDIANAPOLIS -- Kyle Busch set a NASCAR standard in winning one of the biggest races of the year in the only way fitting for Busch.He stunk up the show.The driver that many NASCAR fans love to hate pummeled their favorite drivers once again Sunday in capturing the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He led the final 109 laps, and 149 of the 170 overall.I felt pretty good to be up front and obviously youve got to do everything in your power to not screw it up, Busch said.I can imagine if I would have ... beaten one of those guys with the super fast cars [in the past] how they would have felt because I know how I would have felt here today.It would have been a bitter pill, possibly with Busch walking away from his car with reporters trying to get a comment out of him.But the only thing he could taste was smoke from a burnout as he celebrated his fourth win of the season and back-to-back Brickyard victories.The NASCAR gods did their best to make this race close, triggered by a piece of debris that NASCAR confiscated in wondering what car would litter the track to bunch the field with 10 laps to go.That only delayed the inevitable by about 30 minutes after a couple of crashes and a couple of long cleanups forced Busch to actually save gas. Busch more than held his own on the restarts, putting his frustration over the cautions out of his mind long enough to make sure no one would pass him.We had the race in our hands that we can manipulate the restarts how I needed to and make sure that I got to the No.?1 spot and Matt [Kenseth] was able to do the same thing last week [at New Hampshire], Busch said.Each and every week, its power to the leader. Thats what weve all kind of asked for with this bigger restart zone and stuff, too, so when you are the race leader that youve earned that right to restart how you want.Buschs great restarts probably dismayed many in what appeared to be a meager crowd with an estimate of 50,000 being generous on a sweltering Indiana summer day.Maybe the fans knew that Busch would dominate, leaving the locals disappointed that Tony Stewart (11th) and Jeff Gordon (13th) would have good but not great days.They would have needed a day of awesomeness to beat Busch, and it was no surprise that Busch was joined by fellow Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Matt Kenseth (second) and Denny Hamlin (fourth) in the top five. Jimmie JJohnson broke up the expected Toyota parade in third. Cheap NFL Jerseys. .But it definitely was a parade for much of the race. The only passes for the lead came on pit stops as the Team Penske drivers attempted to use a different pit strategy.Drivers not from JGR talked about being a little bit off Sunday afternoon. They actually might have been fairly on; but the JGR strength is just at such a high that a great car can be a little bit off if it doesnt come out of the JGR stable.Weve been working really hard to get our cars where they need to be, Johnson said. Were still not happy, but were getting closer.Busch didnt just win back-to-back Brickyards, he also swept both the pole awards and the races in Xfinity and Cup -- a first in NASCAR history.That will only be another line in an impressive resume for the 2015 Sprint Cup champion, whose four wins this year tie him for the most on the circuit with?Brad Keselowski.What inspires Busch? His desire to go fast each and every lap.Every once in a while youll see somebody that their natural tendency to drive a racetrack fits the race track, Busch crew chief Adam Stevens said. Youve seen that from [Kevin] Harvick in Atlanta at times and maybe Brad [Keselowski] at Kentucky, certainly before the repave.I think were seeing it now out of KB that really what he wants to do with the car is the fastest way around. ... Since we only come here once a year, that level of feedback hes able to give us gets us in a little bit different area than I think some other guys.A day before the Brickyard, Busch chatted with IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden in the garage. Newgarden had delivered a similar dominant performance in IndyCar last month at Iowa, and while Busch wouldnt need any extra mojo, maybe he got a little bit from that chance meeting.But unlike Newgarden, Busch did his whipping on a bigger stage. It is a stage historically known for not a lot of passing and fell right into Buschs wheelhouse Sunday as he led the most laps ever in a NASCAR race at Indianapolis.Ive never had a dominant car like this at Indy, Busch said. I think back to maybe having dominant cars like this elsewhere and Bristol comes to mind a few times.But obviously this is just a special, special day and a special car. Cheap MLB Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping cheap nfl jerseys Cheap Jerseys USA China Jerseys Cheap NFL Authentic Jerseys Cheap Jerseys For Sale Cheap NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Cheap NBA Jerseys ' ' '