"Lou Williams, at least in part, is starting to answer one of the serious questions of 76ers fans — who would be the man with the ball at the end of a close game? Monday night, against a guy Lou no doubt watched while growing up in Snellville, Georgia, Lou was large for the Sixers. His team-high 24 points included 12 of the Sixers final 14 points over a 3:48 span in a thrilling 95-90 victory over Kobe Bryant and his flagging Los Angeles Lakers.

This is not new for Williams. He did, in fact, hit the game-clinching three-pointer last year in the Sixers only first round playoff win against Miami on Easter Sunday at Wells Fargo Center. As coach Doug Collins related after Monday night's contest, Williams has the mentality to go "1 for 15 and then shoot the 16th," a prerequisite for anyone entrusted with the ball in the guts of the game. Williams, for his part, told CSN's Meredith Marakovits postgame that "since the start of my career I've always played my best ball in the fourth quarter." "