{"id":417534,"date":"2011-05-04T18:17:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T18:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/04\/ailing-celtics-get-needed-break-vs-heat-ap\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T18:17:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T18:17:22","slug":"ailing-celtics-get-needed-break-vs-heat-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/ailing-celtics-get-needed-break-vs-heat-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"Ailing Celtics get needed break vs. Heat (AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"40.3977746871\">\n<p>MIAMI (AP)\u2014<span><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/3253\/\">Paul Pierce<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/3253\/news\">(notes)<\/a><\/span> said it hurt to walk. <span><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/4149\/\">Rajon Rondo<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/4149\/news\">(notes)<\/a><\/span> is fighting back pain. <span><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/3080\/\">Ray Allen<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/3080\/news\">(notes)<\/a><\/span> had trouble breathing.<\/p>\n<p>This break in the Eastern Conference semifinals could not come at a better time for the <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/teams\/bos\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Celtics and Miami took Wednesday off, a day after the Heat opened a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven with a 101-92 victory that left the defending East champions limping back home.<\/p>\n<p>The series won\u2019t resume until Saturday night in Boston.<\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/3708\/\">Dwyane Wade<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/3708\/news\">(notes)<\/a><\/span> says the long gap between games clearly helps the Celtics more than the Heat. 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