BOSTON — LeBron James and the Heat escaped Boston with their 23rd win in a row. All that's in front of them now is the NBA record for consecutive victories.
Five years to the day after the Celtics snapped Houston's winning streak at 22 games, James scored 37 points and made the go-ahead basket with 10.5 seconds left in the Heat's 105-103 victory last night.
After overcoming the largest deficit they've faced during their streak, the only team left for the Heat to catch is the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers, who won 33 in a row.
"It means a lot," James said. "I know the history of the game. To be sitting in second place right now ... for us to be there and doing it the way we want to do it, it means a lot."
Jeff Green scored a career-high 43 points for Boston, which was without Kevin Garnett for the second straight game. Paul Pierce had 17 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Celtics, but he missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer with three seconds left.
Instead, the defending NBA champions won a regular-season game in Boston for the first time in 11 tries.
"This was a passionate game, a lot of history between the two teams," Heat forward Shane Battier said.
James added 12 assists and Mario Chalmers scored 21 for Miami, which has not lost since Feb. 1.
"I believed we were going to win the game before the game. I thought we were going to win the game during the game. And I thought we should have won the game," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "I give them credit. They made some spectacular plays."
Boston led by as many as 17 in the first half, but it was 103-all when Miami got the ball with 33 seconds left. James dribbled down the shot clock before putting up a jumper from the right wing to take the lead.
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