LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Aaron McKie, Glenn Robinson, and Eric Snow each missed key jumpers in the final 25 seconds Friday night as the Los Angeles Clippers edged Philadelphia, 101-98.
Quentin Richardson scored 22 points, Elton Brand added 20, and Corey Maggette 18 for the Clippers, who had lost four in a row and six of seven against the Sixers.
Philadelphia was playing its sixth straight game without All-Star guard Allen Iverson, who is sidelined with a swollen right knee.
The Clippers held an 88-79 advantage early in the fourth quarter before the Sixers pulled within 100-98 on a basket by Snow with 33 seconds left. McKie, the league's leading three-point shooter, missed and Robinson missed a fadeaway that would have pulled the Sixers within one.
The ball was tied up with 7.7 seconds remaining and Philadelphia won the jump, but after a timeout, Snow missed a three-pointer and time expired.
