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Celtics In Virtual Tie For Eastern Conference Lead After Edging Heat

BOSTON â?? The Boston Celtics held off a late Miami charge and moved into a virtual tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with a 112-108 victory over the Heat on Sunday night.

The win moved Boston (48-26) to just four percentage points behind the idle Cleveland Cavaliers (47-25) for the top seed in the conference. The teams meet April 5 in Boston.

Isaiah Thomas, the league’s leading fourth-quarter scorer, tallied eight points in the final 4:58 after the Celtics, who rallied from a 15-point first-half deficit, blew a nine-point fourth-quarter lead and trailed by two with 4:13 remaining.