The Miami Heat played against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night without LeBron James and were defeated 101-96 at TD Garden. The Heat, who have been defeated in four of their last five road games, lost the season series to the Celtics.
Miami(46-20) was led by Dwyane Wade with 17 points along with five assists and Chris Andersen compiled 16 points with eight rebounds. Udonis Haslem and Ray Allen both put up 14 points for the Heat.
Rajon Rondo finished barely short of a triple-double for Boston(23-46) with nine points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds. Avery Bradley had 23 points and Brandon Bass added 18 points for the C's.
The Heat had a 12-point lead at 34-22 after one quarter and were up 59-53 at halftime. The Celtics moved ahead 80-78 after three quarters. The game was tied 94-94 with under three minutes left in the final quarter until Jeff Green made a three-point shot from the right side with 2:31 to go. It would part of a 7-2 finishing run by Boston as Rondo would later score on two running jumpers down the stretch.
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