Wade Lifts Heat over Celtics

Dwayne Wade continued his post All-Star offensive burst as he led the Miami Heat again against the Boston Celtics Wednesday night. Wade scored 32 points including a game sealing three-pointer with just less than 35 seconds left to beat the injury-plague Celtics 107-99.

The Celtics took the lead at halftime 55-50. But the second half was a different story as the Heat outscored the visiting team 32-18 to turn things to their favor on the third quarter. They used a 16-4 run late in the quarter via Cook’s pair of three-pointers to take 82-71 lead.

Much more, the Celtics were trailed 91-76 with just 9 minutes left in the final quarter. But they cut the deficit by scoring a 16-2 run in the next four minutes of play. Then Wade took over and he was just simply too hot to handle.

He scored five straight points to lift Miami that never saw their lead evaporate.

Helping Wade was Jamario who added 13 points and 8 rebounds for the Heat and Jermaine O’Neal added 12 to control the paint.

Ray Allen finished the game with 27 points and Leon Powe had 23 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Celtics who also got 16 from Pierce.