The Clippers’ winning streak appeared done within Friday’s opening minutes.
It took until the final seconds in Philadelphia to finally extinguish their seven-game run.
Down 17 points early in the first quarter against the owner of the Eastern Conference’s best record, a 76ers team energized by the presence of most-valuable-player candidate Joel Embiid, the Clippers rode Paul George’s offensive hot streak and the encouraging performances by a pair of reserves to trail by just three with 9.8 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Philadelphia had a foul to give, but didn’t use it, allowing forward Marcus Morris to get off a potential tying three-pointer with 5.