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ATLANTA -- Cody Zeller couldnt bear the thought of another road loss.We needed this one to finish the road trip, he said. Its been a tough, long road trip for us, but I think it says a lot about our team that we came in here and competed and won a close game.Marvin Williams and Marco Belinelli each scored 19 points, and the Charlotte Hornets snapped a four-game skid with a 107-99 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night.Kemba Walker had 18 points and 10 assists for Charlotte, which grabbed control with a big second quarter. Zeller finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds.Tim Hardaway Jr. had 21 points for Atlanta, and Paul Millsap scored 14 of his 20 points in the third quarter. Dwight Howard grabbed a season-high 23 rebounds, three shy of his career best.The Hawks have lost five of six at home and 12 of 16 overall, a freefall since starting the season 9-2 and tying for the Eastern Conference lead.Its frustrating, Atlanta coach Mike Budenholzer said. Were all competitive. We want to win.Millsaps 15-foot jumper gave the Hawks a 95-94 lead with 3:51 remaining, but Belinelli answered with a layup, and the Hornets never trailed again. Williams ended the last trace of a threat, hitting a 3-pointer with 27.8 seconds left to make it a five-point game. Walker set him up with a perfect bounce pass.The whole game plan was to try to contain Kemba, Millsap said. Those other guys got free. Give them credit. They ran their offense and they hit some tough shots.Charlotte ended its five-game road trip, all against Eastern opponents, with a much-needed win. The Hornets started the first quarter 4 of 16, but went on a 30-10 run to take a 12-point lead as the Hawks went cold in the second.Atlanta went on a 13-1 run to pull within four midway through the third, and Hardaway hit a pair of free throws with 7:41 remaining to make it 87-86 for Atlantas first lead since the final minute of the first.Howard and Zeller then had a minor scrape that resulted in technical fouls on both players, and the Hawks lost momentum.TIP-INSHornets: Walker returned after having an excused absence for a personal matter and missing Fridays loss to the Celtics. He has scored in double figures in each of his 27 games. ... The Hornets had lost five straight and 10 of 11 at Philips Arena.Hawks: Hardaway started his fifth straight game for Kent Bazemore, who recently missed two games with a knee injury. Bazemore had 17 points, five rebounds and four assists in 30 minutes in his longest time on the court since returning two games ago.SAGER TRIBUTEThe Hawks had a moment of silence before the game for Turner Sports personality Craig Sager, a longtime Atlanta resident who died of leukemia Thursday in his adopted hometown. Sager, an NBA sideline reporter known for his outrageous sport coats and ties, was honored with Amazing Grace on bagpipes and players standing on the court with the house lights down.UP NEXTHornets: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.Hawks: Visit Oklahoma City on Monday. Jake Bailey Jersey . "Jeff is a hard worker who was an important special-teams contributor for us last season," said Stamps GM John Hufnagel. 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Nico Rosberg says he knew Daniel Ricciardo would not be able to pass when he started the final lap of the Singapore Grand Prix after a cool ending saw him withstand heavy pressure to win.What had been a fairly routine race was blown wide open when Daniel Ricciardo made a late switch to super-soft tyres, with Rosberg not far enough ahead to pit and emerge ahead of the Red Bull driver. Rosbergs lead was rapidly whittled down but Rosberg was able to take the win by just 0.488s.Early on in the stint Ricciardo had been taking over 3.5 seconds a lap of Rosbergs lead, which had been around 25 seconds when he pitted. ?But the German knew the Red Bull driver would not have enough left from his tyres at the end.Its been an awesome weekend here in Singapore for me, already yesterday with the pole lap and then today with the great start, Rosberg said. With 10 or 15 laps to go, just after the pit stop, the team said that he would be with me at the end of the race, which was the case, so for sure I had to be on it in that last stint and get everything right, nail all those laps and it really worked out with management all the way until the end.ddddddddddddThe tyres lasted just right, so Im very, very happy of course. At the time I started the last lap I knew that it was going to be enough because Daniels tyres werent as fresh anymore, by that time it was OK.Ricciardos pit stop was followed by Mercedes mechanics filing into the pit lane, only for Rosberg to carry on without making a stop of his own. The German, who now leads teammate Lewis Hamilton by eight points in the championship, says his lap had been compromised by lapped cars.Every driver to have won a Singapore Grand Prix has been a world champion. When asked if that was a good omen, Rosberg refused to think too far ahead.No Im not focused on points... as I always say Im just happy with the win today. ' ' '