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WASHINGTON -- Wizards center Marcin Gortat called winless Washingtons previous game a must win. They lost to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night with another late collapse. Whether that makes Fridays matchup with the Atlanta Hawks a must, must win or not, John Wall and company surely want to break through.The Wizards (0-3) host the Hawks (3-1) at 7:00 p.m. in a rematch from their opening night loss at Atlanta. Since falling 114-99 on Oct. 27, Washington fell 112-103 at Memphis and dropped its home opener 113-103 as Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan scored 40 points. In each game, the Wizards fell apart in the fourth quarter. Toronto converted 21 turnovers by Washington into 30 points.Tonight the points off turnovers, Wizards coach Scott Brooks said. I think we had 20 turnovers for over 30 points. Thats hard to overcome. Defensively, in the first half we gave up too many easy 3s that we have to make sure we close out and know our personnel -- whoever has the hot hand or whoevers a 3-point shooter.Atlanta dropped its first game of the season Wednesday 123-116 as Los Angeles Lakers guard Lou Williams scored 16 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter.They just played better than us. I give credit when credit is due, Hawks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. said. They came out with a sense of urgency in that second half. (Giving up) 39 in the third quarter and 33 in the fourth is unacceptable.The Hawks held their opponents under 100 points in each of their first three games.You cant ever feel good if you give up that kind of offense in two consecutive quarters, Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said.In each of their three games, the Wizards fell apart in the fourth quarter. Atlanta outscored Washington 33-19 in the fourth quarter.Dwight Howard had 31 points and 11 rebounds in the loss to the Lakers. The Hawks center had 11 points and 19 rebounds in the first meeting with Washington. Paul Millsap led Atlanta with 28 points against the Wizards.Wall, who had two knee surgeries in the offseason, had 33 points, 11 assists and nine turnovers against the Raptors. Otto Porter went for 23 points and 11 rebounds.Its still early. Dont count us out, Porter said. At the same time, we just have to take and learn from these early games. Were trying to take steps, especially going forward, with close games like that. We have to find someone to push it over the top.Spotty bench play contributed to Washingtons setbacks. Brooks turned to rookie guard Tomas Satoransky in the second half over backup point Trey Burke. That swap could happen again against Atlanta.Its definitely something thats going to be considered, Brooks said of using the 6-foot-7 Satoransky, who joined the Wizards four years after being selected in the second round of the 2012 NBA Draft. Tomas brings a lot of energy and brings some toughness and has good size and athleticism. Hes played that position his entire life. I thought hes had some great moments in exhibition.Six Hawks are averaging at least 10 points per game, led by Millsap (17.0), Howard (15.5) and Hardaway (14.8).New Orleans Pelicans Jerseys . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. Jahlil Okafor Jersey . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. https://www.pelicanslockerroom.com/Josh-Gray-City-Edition-Jersey/ . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. 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Im out here waiting! to his longtime friend and former assistant.Thats what happens when you win, a chuckling Thibodeau said.Rivers would know.Blake Griffin had 20 points and 11 rebounds and DeAndre Jordan had 18 points and 16 boards to lead the Clippers to their sixth straight victory, 119-105 on Saturday night.Chris Paul had 19 points and eight assists and J.J. Redick scored 18 points for the Clippers (9-1), who have the best record in the NBA. Los Angeles shot 52.6 percent and outscored the Timberwolves 21-10 in transition.This is the best team Ive had here, Rivers said. But we got to keep doing it. Weve got to keep getting better and performing. But this is a heck of a basketball team.Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 10 rebounds and Ricky Rubio had seven points, six assists and six rebounds in his return from a five-game absence for Minnesota. Andrew Wiggins scored 22 points, but shot just 8 of 24.We had to work for our shots, Wiggins said. The clogged the paint up, switching everything, contesting every shot. They made it hard on us.The Clippers are off to their best start in franchise history and have so far exhibited all the qualities of a team that can make a deep playoff run. Once a weakness, the bench has been a strength this season. And they entered the game as by far the best defensive team in the league, allowing a paltry 90.4 points per game.After slugging it out with Oklahoma City on Friday night, Los Angeles put the clamps on the young and athletic Timberwolves, who entered the game with the most explosive first-quarter offense in the league. The Clippers outscored Minnesota 34-21 in the period, holding the Wolves to 39 percent shooting and forcing four turnovers, and they never looked back.There are some good things, but to beat a team thats rolling like that, we have to obviously plaay a lot better than we did, Thibodeau said.ddddddddddddTIP-INSClippers: Defensive stopper Luc Mbah a Moute scored 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting. ... Redick hit 2 of 7 3-pointers, extending his streak to 66 straight games with at least one made from long distance, the longest active streak in the league. ... F Wes Johnson did not play because of a sore heel. He was injured on Friday night in Oklahoma City after a blocked shot.Timberwolves: Thibodeau fell to 8-9 in his career against Rivers. ... F Brandon Rush was inactive and has not played in the last three games.HACK-A-JORDANThe Wolves went to the Hack-a-Jordan strategy just over midway through the fourth quarter, with Cole Aldrich fouling him on three straight possessions to get Jordan to the line. As Aldrich headed to the bench 30 seconds later, Jordan gave his former teammate a playful shove off the court.The strategy did not work, either. The big man hit 10 of 16 foul shots in the never-ending fourth quarter.Im confident up there. Ive got a routine, Jordan said. Ive got everything I need and Im just going to go up there and shoot.GRIFFINS MILESTONEGriffin entered the game needing 17 points to join an exclusive club with 9,000 career points, 4,000 rebounds and 1,500 assists. Griffin got it on a free throw in the fourth quarter. He became the fastest player to reach that plateau since Larry Bird.Its an honor to be mentioned in that category, but Larry went on to have quite a bit more, Griffin said. Thats the ultimate goal, having a career like that. Its cool to have a start like that, but thats not the end goal, a goal by any means.UP NEXTClippers: Head back home to face Brooklyn on Monday as they continue a stretch of four games in six nights.Timberwolves: Host the Lakers on Sunday in the 31st home back-to-back in franchise history, but first to occur on Saturday and Sunday nights. ' ' '