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Blake Griffin finished with 36 points and teammate Chris Paul added 34 points and eight assists, but it wasn't enough to prevent the Clippers from falling to the Atlanta Hawks, 109-102, at Philips Arena on Tuesday.

The Clippers are now tied at 40-25 with the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference standings, the team they will face in the Western Conference first-round playoff series.

The Clippers have to defeat the New York Knicks on Wednesday night in their regular-season finale at Madison Square Garden to get the home-court advantage over Memphis.

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