Joe Johnson scored 28 points, including four free throws in the final 23 seconds, and the Atlanta Hawks beat Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers 98-95 on Wednesday night.

With Atlanta leading 95-93, Bryant was called for a turnover with 8 seconds left. Bryant, pressured by Johnson, lost control of the ball and was called for over-and-back when he regained possession past the midcourt line.

Bryant and the Lakers argued that Johnson hit the ball.

Josh Smith, who had 17 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and five blocks, hit one of two free throws with 7.1 seconds left to push the lead to three points. Sasha Vujacic answered with a layup for the Lakers with 3.7 seconds left.

The Lakers quickly fouled Johnson, who made two free throws to again push the lead to three. Derek Fisher missed a last-second 3-pointer for the Lakers.

Hawks rookie center Al Horford had 15 points and a career-high 20 rebounds.

On the day Bryant's old buddy Shaquille O'Neal found a new home out West, Bryant and his new buddy, Pau Gasol, had shooting woes in Atlanta.

Gasol made only five of 14 shots for 12 points. Bryant had 10 assists, but was only 4-of-16 for 11 points. Bryant was scoreless in the second half before hitting a jumper with 1:41 left.

Lamar Odom led the Lakers with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Fisher added 17, and Vladimir Radmanovic had 13, all in the first half.

The Lakers led 76-68 after three quarters and protected the lead despite playing all reserves for the first five minutes of the fourth period. A 3-pointer by Tyronn Lue, who scored 16 off the bench, cut the lead to 80-77, but Vujacic answered with back-to-back jumpers for the Lakers.

Even with Gasol and the other Los Angeles starters back in, Atlanta took an 88-87 lead on two free throws by Al Horford with 3:40 left.

A drive by Bryant tied it at 91.

With Atlanta leading 93-92, Derek Fisher hit one of two free throws with 40.3 seconds left for a 93-93 tie. Johnson made two free throws with 23.2 seconds left.

Pau Gasol didn't take long to fit in with his new team. He may have to do much more for them very quickly.

With Kobe Bryant nursing a dislocated pinky, Gasol looks to build off his successful debut with the Los Angeles Lakers as they visit the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night in the fifth of a season-high nine-game road trip.

In his first game with Los Angeles (30-16) on Tuesday, Gasol scored 24 points and added 12 rebounds to lead the Lakers to a 105-90 win over New Jersey. Gasol was acquired from Memphis on Friday in a deal that sent former top overall pick Kwame Brown, rookie Javaris Crittenton and two future first-round draft picks to the Grizzlies.

The Lakers expect Gasol to be a presence in the paint with Andrew Bynum expected to be sidelined at least another six weeks with a knee injury, and as a secondary scoring option with Bryant. Gasol was second on Memphis in scoring with 18.9 points and led them with 8.8 rebounds per game.

"He played extremely well," Bryant said of his new teammate. "Defenses are used to playing a certain way. You know, screen-and-roll, where I come off the pick, they're used to playing a certain way.

"Now they have to evaluate how they play that. It's going to be a little bit more for defenses to kind of try to come up with a scheme."

Los Angeles, which improved to 3-1 on the trip, may need Gasol to step up after the finger injury limited Bryant to a season-low six points. Bryant, who still played 40 minutes, was 3-of-13 from the floor in his first single-digit scoring game since tallying eight against Denver on Jan. 6, 2007.

It was his fewest points since being held to two in six minutes after spraining his ankle against Cleveland on Jan. 13, 2005.

"It feels pretty sore," Bryant, who also had seven turnovers, told the Lakers' official Web site. "I just don't feel like I have four fingers. It just don't feel it, it feels like its not there. I went for a steal and my finger got caught on Jason's (Kidd) arm and I just kept going one way and my finger the other. During the game it felt like my finger wasn't there."

Bryant is second in the league in scoring with 28.0 points per game, and his status for this game is not immediately known. He's averaging 30.2 points in six career starts in Atlanta.

The Hawks (20-24) will be trying for their first three-game winning streak since a four-game run from Dec. 15-26. Atlanta beat Philadelphia 96-91 on Monday as Josh Childress scored 21 points and Josh Smith added 19, nine assists and nine blocks.

The Hawks trailed 32-14 at the end of the first quarter and by six at halftime. Smith had six blocks in the second quarter.

"He changed the whole game," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "It's a shame that we put that kind of pressure on him. ... We just have to lock in and take the individual challenge to guard the ball. That's what we weren't doing, and he was covering up a lot of our mistakes."

Smith is having the best season of his four-year career, averaging 18.1 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists.

Atlanta has lost two straight to the Lakers and four of the last six at Philips Arena.