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ATLANTA -- Lou Williams wasnt surprised he saved his best for the end.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. Brandon Kintzler Cubs Jersey . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. 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Bob Dernier Jersey . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December.GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (theahl.com) -- The Grand Rapids Griffins are one win away from their first Calder Cup title after a 4-2 win over the Syracuse Crunch in Game 3 of the American Hockey Leagues championship series on Wednesday night. Jan Mursak broke a 2-2 tie with 4:49 left in regulation to help stake the Griffins to a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Calder Cup Finals. Grand Rapids goes for the sweep when it hosts Game 4 on Friday night (7 ET, AHL Live, SiriusXM NHL Network Radio, ESPN America). After dropping the first two games of the series at home, Syracuse struck first in Game 3. Richard Panik gave the Crunch their first lead of the series at 10:21 of the first period, taking a feed from Tyler Johnson, stepping around a Grand Rapids defender and wristing a shot past Petr Mrazek. It was the sixth goal of the playoffs for Panik. Tomas Tatar evened things up on a wraparound 2:09 into the second period, collecting Nathan Paetschs point shot behind the net and tucking it behind Cedrick Desjardins to make it 1-1. For Tatar, it was his league-leading 13th goal of the postseason. Luke Glendening gave Grand Rapids the lead less than three minutes later, collecting aa loose puck off a scramble in front and depositing it for his sixth goal of the playoffs at 4:53.dddddddddddd Syracuse made it 2-2 at 9:56 of the second as Dan Sextons long wrister from the blue line changed direction and knuckled past Mrazek for his fifth goal of the playoffs. Desjardins made a pair of huge saves in the third to preserve the tie. Tomas Jurco had a chance alone in front with 12:45 remaining and Desjardins denied him with a spread-eagle pad save, and Gustav Nyquist was sprung on a breakaway with 9:25 to play only to be turned away by the Crunch netminder. Grand Rapids finally broke through with 4:49 to go as captain Jeff Hoggan came out from behind the net and sent a shot towards the cage that Mursak deflected past Desjardins for his 10th postseason goal. The Griffins tacked on an insurance goal with 2:28 to play when Hoggan grabbed the puck off a Crunch turnover, drove to the net and beat Desjardins to make it 4-2. Mrazek (14-7) made 26 saves for his sixth win in the Griffins last seven games. Desjardins (11-4) finished with 25 stops. Attendance at Van Andel Arena was 10,102, the largest crowd in Griffins AHL playoff history. ' ' '