Top seeds 76ers, Jazz facing elimination games in semifinals

The 76ers have blown leads of 18 and 26 points in back-to-back losses to the Atlanta Hawks, who now lead the Eastern Conference semifinal series 3-2.

Led by Trae Young, the Hawks are attempting to advance to a conference final for only the second time since moving to Atlanta in 1968.

We definitely expect them to come out with that sense of urgency and play aggressive and just really leave everything out on the floor.

Despite playing without Kawhi Leonard, who was held out with a knee injury, the Los Angeles Clippers took a 3-2 lead in the semifinal series with a 119-111 win on Wednesday night.

The Clippers, who moved to Los Angeles in 1984, have never played in the conference final.

Instead, Paul George was dominant, scoring 37 points with 16 rebounds and five assists to give Los Angeles the series lead.

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