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ATLANTA -- Dion Waiters shot worked more like a Hail Mary pass, and Alonzo Gee was in position to make the winning catch. Gee scored on a putback with less than 1 second remaining, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 113-111 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night that snapped a four-game losing streak. Gee rebounded the missed 3-pointer by Waiters and quickly followed up for the tiebreaking basket. The Hawks, out of timeouts, couldnt manage a shot before time expired. "I thought it was good," Gee said of Waiters shot. "He was in rhythm and I thought it was going in. And then I caught it and I was, like, Oh!" Cavaliers coach Byron Scott wanted Waiters to attempt a higher-percentage shot. "Yeah, I guess Ive got to be a little more specific and say, Try to get to the basket," Scott said. Scott said Gee "bailed him out." "It didnt touch nothing," Scott said of Waiters shot. "Luckily, Zo was there to rebound the ball and put it in." Josh Smith took the blame for Atlantas loss, saying he should have boxed out Gee but instead was "ball watching" on Waiters shot. Jeremy Pargo led Cleveland with 22 points, including three straight baskets late in the game. Waiters scored 21 and Anderson Varejao had 20 points and 18 rebounds as Cleveland earned its second road win in 11 tries. Smith had 25 points for Atlanta, which had won six in a row. Al Horford had 15 points and 11 rebounds, but he got little help as the Cavaliers outrebounded the Hawks 49-28. "I think this was a reality check for us in a way that we need to get back to work and get better on the defensive end," Horford said, adding the Hawks "got baited" into a high-scoring pace. Tristan Thompson had 15 rebounds and six points for the Cavaliers. Daniel Gibsons 3-pointer with 4:24 remaining gave Cleveland its first lead of the second half at 99-97. Smith scored for Atlanta before Pargo took over with three straight baskets for a 105-99 lead. A three-point play by Jeff Teague and a 3-pointer by Lou Williams with 1:16 remaining pulled the Hawks back into a tie at 105-all. Pargo then set up Varejao for a running jump shot, and Waiters converted a layup to give Cleveland a four-point lead. Smiths 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining trimmed the difference to one. Varejao sank two free throws before Williams answered with a tying 3-pointer with 13.6 seconds left. Varejao posted his seventh straight double-double. It was his 11th game with more than 15 rebounds this season. He began the night with an NBA-best 14.9 rebounds per game. Varejao had help; the Hawks never found an answer for Pargos drives to the basket. "We had a tough time defending them off the dribble," Atlanta coach Larry Drew said. Asked what his guards should have done better against Pargo, Drew said: "Defend him. Just take the personal challenge and defend him." Drew said the Hawks, who survived recent close wins over Washington and Charlotte, can learn from the loss. "I told the guys, maybe we needed a game like this," Drew said. "Weve been home for a little while and weve dodged a couple of bullets with some teams." Cleveland led 54-50 with less than 3 minutes to go in the first half before the Hawks closed out the quarter with a 17-2 run. Smith started the run with three straight baskets; a 3-pointer, followed by a jam on Teagues assist and then a hook shot. Drew called timeout with 2 seconds remaining. Ivan Johnson took the inbound pass, dribbled a few feet beyond the top of the arc and then launched a buzzer-beating 3-pointer -- only the third of his career. A smiling Johnson celebrated with chest bumps from Smith and Anthony Morrow as the Hawks left the court leading 67-56. The Hawks kept the lead until late in the fourth quarter. "It was one of those nights where we would play hard, get comfortable, play hard, get comfortable," said Williams, who had 18 points. "At the end it cost us. It didnt come down to the one offensive rebound where they lay it up. Thats the one that everybody will look at, but I think they did a good job of rebounding the ball all night." NOTES: The Hawks went 23 for 32 at the foul line, compared to 21 of 22 for the Cavs. ... Gibson returned after missing one game with a sore right elbow. ... Cleveland ended a streak of seven straight losses in the series. The Cavaliers last win in the series came on April 2, 2010, and their last win in Atlanta was on Dec. 29, 2009. ... Atlantas DeShawn Stevenson made four 3-pointers for 12 points. Jerod Mayo Jersey . Edwin Encarnacion hit a tiebreaking homer and Colby Rasmus had a grand slam later in the ninth, lifting the Blue Jays to a 7-1 win over Miami on Saturday. Stevan Ridley Patriots Jersey . The Indianapolis Colts lost cornerback Vontae Davis to a sprained left knee on the Tennessee Titans opening drive. http://www.footballpatriotsteamshop.com/womens-tavon-wilson-nike-jersey-wz-46.html . Attorneys for four players suspended in the bounty investigation have argued the punishment handed down by Goodell should be overturned, in part because the commissioners public statements last spring showed he had improperly pre-judged the players actions. The documents filed Friday include sworn declarations by sanctioned linebacker Scott Fujita and union chief DeMaurice Smith. Adrian Wilson Womens Jersey . Outfielder Chris Roberson and infielder/outfielder Josh Mazzola have been named co-winners of the Budweiser Most Valuable Player Award, based on the player of the game selections by the media during the season. LeGarrette Blount Patriots Jersey . Strong-armed fill-in Colin Kaepernick made all the right throws, looking every bit a capable NFL No. 1. Kaepernick passed for 243 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start in place of the injured Smith, and the 49ers whipped the Chicago Bears 32-7 on Monday night in a highly touted NFC showdown that hardly lived up to the hype.PHOENIX -- Running the bases in the fifth inning, Kyle Lohse felt a twinge in his hamstring and hoped to avoid falling down. Not only did he manage to eventually score, he also pitched another inning Wednesday night in St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Pinch hitter Matt Carpenter lined a go-ahead double in the sixth, Allen Craig homered to cap a four-run burst in the ninth and the Cardinals completed a three-game sweep. David Freese had three hits as St. Louis won its fourth in a row. Arizona has lost five straight at home and seven of eight overall. Lohses adventure began after he singled with one out and headed for third on Rafael Furcals single. Lohse said he felt "general soreness" in his right hamstring. He awkwardly lunged for the bag as Gerardo Parras throw came in because "if I had slid, it would have been a flop headfirst." "I was just hoping I wasnt going to be laying there between second and third," he said. The right-hander said his warmup throws before the fifth were the litmus test. "I just wanted to make sure that I could get through it," Lohse said. Staying in for an extra inning helped lead to the Cardinals first lead. Carpenter came up with the score 1-all in the sixth after David Freese led off with a walk and Tony Cruz hit a two-out single. As Carpenter was announced, Arizonas bullpen phone rang and pitching coach Charles Nagy sprinted to the mound. Carpenter doubled home Freese and Cruz. "What worked out was Carp put together a nice at-bat against a left-hander and got a huge hit to change the game," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "It worked out all right." Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson quickly pulled the left-handed Wade Miley (3-1) in favour of right-hander Bryan Shaw, who retired Furcal to end the inning. Lohse (5-1) allowed one run on seven hits before giving way to the bullpen. Carpenter was happy to take advantage of that opportunity. "Ive always thought of myself as a student of the game," he said. "I just watch and put myself into tthose positions mentally before they happen.dddddddddddd" Arizona got within a run in the sixth when Miguel Montero singled and scored on a double by Aaron Hill. The Cardinals extended their lead with a two-out surge in the ninth against J.J. Putz. Furcal and Carlos Beltran singled, Matt Holliday hit an RBI double off the centre-field wall and Craig then hit his third home run. Putz, making his first appearance in five days, allowed four runs on five hits whole getting two outs. The Diamondbacks loaded the bases on three straight singles leading off the ninth against Mitchell Boggs, but Jason Motte came on and retired the side on a strikeout and a double play for his sixth save. "I like watching him pitch," Matheny said of his closer. "I like getting him saves anytime we can." The Diamondbacks skid at home continued. "We just got out executed the whole series," Gibson said. "They scored 23 runs, we scored nine. They outpitched us. They outdefended us. They swung the bats better than we did. And we are happy to see them go." Three consecutive singles, the last on a looping hit to centre by Miley, gave the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead in the second. Miley pitched 5 2-3 innings, allowing three runs on 10 hits with two walks. He lost for the first time since Sept. 16 at San Diego, a span of five starts and eight appearances. "Late in the game I didnt make pitches when I needed to," he said. NOTES: Lohse has thrown exactly five innings in each of his past two starts. ... The Diamondbacks had been outscored 20-1 in the first four innings of their past four innings before Miley kept the Cardinals scoreless over the first four. ... Mileys single extended his hitting streak to five games, the longest by an Arizona pitcher since Barry Enrights five-game streak in 2010. ... Both teams have off-days on Thursday. LHP Jamie Garcia will go for his 30th career win against Mike Minor and the Braves in St. Louis on Friday. Rookie LHP Patrick Corbin will open a three-game series against San Francisco at home for Arizona, also on Friday. ' ' '
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