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LeBron James scores 45 as Miami Heat Crushes Celtics 98-79
Boston never came close, and when a 3-pointer by Shane Battier made it 81-63 with 10:19 to play, Celtics coach Doc Rivers spent part of a timeout standing alone on the court with his arms folded, leaving it to the players to try to come up with an answer that wasn’t there.
Bosh entered with 5 ½ minutes left in the first quarter of his second game back after missing nine with a lower abdominal strain, finishing with seven points and six rebounds.
Notes: James is the first player to score at least 25 points against the Celtics in eight consecutive postseason games since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from April 28, 1974, to May 27, 1984. The NBA playoff record for points in a half is 39, set by Golden State’s Eric “Sleepy” Floyd on May 10, 1987, against the Lakers. … The Heat switched to their red road jerseys after losing in the black here earlier in the series.
Copyright 2012. The Associated Press
