The shorthanded HEAT struggled with the cold in Boston on Sunday, falling 88-62 to the NBA-best Celtics. Chris Quinn provided a spark for Miami with 14 points, eight assists and three steals. Ricky Davis also scored 14 points for the HEAT, who head to Indianapolis for a Monday night tilt with the Pacers.
Mark Blount fired off 20 points, but the HEAT were unable to build on the momentum from Saturday's win as they dropped a 117-87 home decision to the Celtics on Tuesday. Luke Jackson poured in 14 points, while Dwyane Wade tallied seven and six assists.
The HEAT slashed into Boston's lead Friday night, outscoring the Celtics by 12 points in the fourth quarter before falling 95-85 to the visitors. PG Jason Williams led the HEAT with a season-high 22 points in the loss.
The HEAT rallied back from a 15-point deficit to take a late fourth-quarter lead Friday night, but came up short against the unbeaten Celtics, 92-91. Dwyane Wade led the way with 23 points and Ricky Davis added 20.
Michael Doleac's jumper with 1:17 to play in the fourth quarter tied the game for the last time, but Miami was done in on a bucket with less than a second remaining in a 91-89 loss to the Celtics on Monday. Jason Williams and Jason Kapono each scored 16 points. Shaquille O'Neal added 14 and seven rebounds.
With the HEAT down by three, Eddie Jones knocked down a 3-pointer with 1:27 on the clock and started an 8-2 game-ending run that carried Miami to an 88-85 victory Friday in Boston. Shaquille O'Neal had 22 points and 11 rebounds. Udonis Haslem added 17 and nine.
Miami held the Celtics to ice-cold 32 percent shooting in Wednesday's 91-79 road victory. Dwyane Wade tallied 30 points on 10-for-17 shooting and added six rebounds, nine assists and three blocks. Jason Kapono scored 19, Gary Payton 10, and Shaquille O'Neal nine.
The HEAT wrapped up the regular season on Wednesday with an 85-78 loss at Boston. With Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade sitting out to rest for the playoffs, Dorell Wright set a career high in scoring for the second straight night with 20 points. Antoine Walker added 14 points for Miami.
Dwyane Wade scored 26 of his 30 points after halftime and Boston missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer as the HEAT battled back from a 25-point deficit in Thursday's 107-104 home win over the Celtics. Shaquille O'Neal chipped in 26 points on 12-of-19 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds. Jason Williams scored 21 and Udonis Haslem registered a double-double with 11 and 11 boards. Miami has won 14 out of the last 15 games.
Antoine Walker scored all 13 of his points in the fourth quarter against his former team in Wednesday's 103-96 win in Boston. Dwyane Wade scored 24 points to go with eight assists and Shaquille O'Neal had 16 points and nine rebounds. Shandon Anderson poured in a season-high 15 points.
Dwyane Wade had a big game, scoring 34 points, grabbing eight rebounds and handing out eight assists as the HEAT cruised past the visiting Celtics 114-98 on Monday. Shaquille O'Neal added 21 points for Miami, which led by 14 at halftime.
Paul Pierce drained a jumper with nine seconds left and hit on 1-of-2 free throws seconds later to help the Celtics defeat the HEAT, 101-99, in Boston. Boston led by as many 17 points late in the second quarter, but Miami ended the half on a 9-6 run to cut Boston’s lead to eight, 54-46, at halftime. Miami outscored Boston 35-25 in the third quarter, while hitting on 61 percent of it shots to take an 81-79 lead into the final quarter. The Celtics held a seven-point edge at the 5:32 mark before Damon Jones’ driving layup capped off a HEAT 10-2 run to give Miami a 99-98 lead with 18 seconds left in regulation. Pierce responded nine second later, when he nailed an 18-foot jumper to send Miami to its fourth straight loss.
Shaquille O’Neal missed his first game of the regular season with a left calf contusion, but the HEAT extended their wining streak to nine games with a 108-100 victory over the Boston Celtics. The first half saw the game tied on 16 different occasions, with neither team gaining a bigger lead than five points. Both Eddie Jones and Dwyane Wade scored 15 first half points for the HEAT. Miami was able to gain some momentum in the third period, going on a 10-3 run to take a seven point lead with the help of Dwyane Wade’s 12 thirdquarter points. In the fourth, the HEAT extended their lead to as many as 12 points, and Boston wasn’t able to get any closer than eight points in the final minutes.
The HEAT recorded a 106-104 victory over the visiting Boston Celtics on Sunday night. Boston
jumped out to an early start, taking a 14-4 lead before Miami responded to tie the game at 16 apiece. From that point on throughout the first half, the
game remained close, with the Celtics taking a one point lead into the half. The HEAT began the third quarter on a 13-0 run, their longest
unanswered scoring run of the season to date, with Boston not making a basket until the 7:48 mark of the period. Miami then took an eight point lead
into the final quarter. The Celtics began the fourth with a 16-8 run of their own, to tie the game with 6:11 remaining. But the HEAT reacted with an 8-
0 run to take an eight point lead with 4:34 left to play. Boston would not let up, answering the HEAT’s run with a 10-4 run to cut the HEAT lead to just
two points. Paul Pierce missed one of two free throws, which would have tied the game, and Christian Laettner was fouled with just 3.1 seconds
remaining. Laettner hit one of two free throws to take a two point advantage, and Ricky Davis missed a two-pointer at the end of the game to give the
HEAT the victory. Dwyane Wade led all scorers with 25 points, and Shaquille O’Neal recorded a double-double with 21 points and 13 rebounds.
Damon Jones scored 16 points off the bench, on 4-of-6 shooting from three-point range. Boston was led by Raef LaFrentz’s 21 points and Paul
Pierce’s nine rebounds.
Lamar Odom's 3-pointer with two minutes left was the dagger as Miami took an 84-77 victory in Boston on Monday and pulled into a fourth-place tie with Milwaukee. The HEAT, who wrap the regular season Wednesday at home vs. New Jersey, can grab home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs with a win and a Bucks loss.
A 12-point halftime lead evaporated into a tie game after three quarters, but the HEAT outlasted the Celtics 104-101 on Wednesday night and held onto the fifth spot in the East playoff race. Lamar Odom scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Miami, which had six players reach double figures in scoring.
Miami held a nine-point lead with just over five minutes to go but couldn't quell a Boston rally in an 86-84 loss at home on Tuesday. Udonis Haslem was solid, notching 18 points and a career-best 17 boards while Eddie Jones added 17 points. Lamar Odom dominated the paint the entire game but let Mark Blount get inside at the worst possible time. Blount tipped in Paul Pierce's missed jumper with 48 seconds left as the Boston Celtics rallied from a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit. Miami forward Brian Grant sat out for the first time in 124 games due to a left knee contusion.
Eddie Jones pumped in 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds, but the HEAT lost 98-75 to the Celtics on Wednesday. Malik Allen scored 10 points for Miami, which played without Lamar Odom.
Paul Pierce scored 32 points and Antoine Walker added 24 as the Boston Celtics held on late to defeat the HEAT 94-86 in the final regular season home game for Miami. With the win, Boston evened the season series at two games apiece, by winning the last two.
Miami won the first two meetings 91-81 and 90-70. Caron Butler led Miami with his 22nd 20-point scoring effort, after connecting on 5-of-11 from the field including one three-pointer and a perfect 9-of-9 from the free-throw line. He also extended his consecutive steals streak to 16 games after recording three. In addition to Butler, LaPhonso Ellis chipped in with 10 points, including a team-high nine rebounds, followed by 10 points from Rasual Butler.
The Boston Celtics led from start to finish on Wednesday, handing the HEAT a 90-62 defeat at the Fleet Center. It was the sixth straight loss on the road for Miami, who have now dropped eight of its last 11 games. Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 28 points, followed by 11 points from Antoine Walker and 10 points from Tony Delk. Miami was led by Caron Butler’s 18 points and Vladimir Stepania’s 10 points. Stepania also pulled down 11 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season. Brian Grant recorded his 44th double-figure rebounding game with 12 boards, to go along with his six points.
Eddie Jones scored 28 points, 13 in the first quarter and Vladimir Stepania recorded his second double-double
of the season with 14 points and 14 rebounds, as the HEAT held the Boston Celtics to nine points in the fourth quarter en route to a 90-70 rout at AmericanAirlines Arena. Miami held Boston to 27.8 percent shooting in the game, which turned out to be the lowest in Celtics franchise history. The HEAT took the lead for good at the end of the first quarter, after running off 10 unanswered points to take a 27-25 advantage. Travis Best scored 13 points with a season high seven assists, followed by Malik Allen and Caron Butler with 10 points apiece. Brian Grant recorded his 19 double-figure rebounding game with 12 boards and only six points. Miami shot 48 percent from the field and 66 percent from the three-point line (6-of-9). Boston connected on just 4-of-26 three-point attempts, as the Celtics two leading scorers, Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker combined to shot just 1-of-11 from the beyond the arc and just 9-of-37 for the game. Pierce finished with 19 points (11-of-12 FT) and Walker added 16 points.
Eddie Jones scored 21 points on Wednesday, helping Miami snap a three-game road-losing streak with a 91-
81 victory over the Boston Celtics at the FleetCenter. Miami held Boston to only 28 points in the first half on 8-of-31 shooting from the field and jumped ahead 48-28 into halftime. In addition to Jones, the HEAT had four other players reach double-figure scoring including Brian Grant (17 points), Caron Butler (14 points), Mike James (13 points) and LaPhonso Ellis (12 points). Grant, Butler and Vladimir Stepania recorded 10 rebounds each. Travis Best dished out a team high six assists and chipped in with eight points. For Grant, it was his 11th double-double of the season and
second for Butler. Jones connected on 5-of-17 from the field and 4-of-10 from the three-point line. Mike James, who nailed the decisive trey late in the fourth quarter shot 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. Miami outrebounded Boston 43-40 and forced 18 Celtics turnovers. The HEAT, who led by as many as 22 points through three quarters, held off a late Boston rally that closed the score to 84-79 with 1:49 left in the fourth quarter. The Celtics also did not score a fast break point in last night's game against the HEAT.
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