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BOSTON (AP)\u2014Miami\u2019s Big Three was assembled for just this purpose: To dominate the bullies from Boston who knocked them from the playoffs so many times before.<\/p>\n

LeBron James<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored 35 points, Dwyane Wade<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 28 and Chris Bosh<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 20 on Monday night to give the Heat a 98-90 overtime victory over the Celtics and move Miami within one game of the Eastern Conference finals. The Heat lead the best-of-seven East semifinals 3-1, with a chance to close out the series in Miami on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWednesday night will be our greatest challenge that we\u2019ve had with this group so far,\u201d Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. \u201cWe\u2019ll get their best games on Wednesday. And we have to be better. If we\u2019re real about what we want to do, we have to beat the Boston Celtics<\/a> at their best.\u201d<\/p>\n

One game after their worst performance as a threesome, James, Wade and Bosh had 83 of Miami\u2019s 98 points and 35 of its 45 rebounds. They scored all 12 of Miami\u2019s points in overtime; Bosh and Wade had five apiece after James\u2019 fallaway jumper on the Heat\u2019s first possession of the extra period game them the lead for good.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had some incredible \u2018will\u2019 plays there in the fourth quarter and overtime,\u201d Spoelstra said. \u201cWe needed every bit of his talent and competitive will.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Pierce<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored 27, Ray Allen<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 17 and Kevin Garnett<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had seven points and 10 rebounds for Boston, which eliminated Miami from the playoffs last season one round after knocking James and the Cavaliers out for the second time in three years. The Celtics would need to win the next three games\u2014two in Miami\u2014 to have a chance to defend their Eastern Conference championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are those moments. I look forward to it,\u201d Allen said. \u201cEverybody on this team, we know what to do. We can\u2019t talk about it; we just have to put our best foot forward. It\u2019s not easy. It just makes it that much more special if we\u2019re able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boston took an 84-81 lead with 2:28 left after back-to-back 3-pointers by Delonte West<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and Allen, but James hit a 3 to tie it and then made a left-handed lay-in with 48 seconds to play to give Miami an 86-84 lead. Pierce drove to the basket to tie it, but James lost control of the ball while he was dribbling down the clock.<\/p>\n

Allen went for it and was bumped by James Jones<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> giving Boston the ball out of bounds with 19.5 seconds left and the game tied at 86. Pierce got the ball, waited out the clock and then took a high-arcing fallaway jumper in the final seconds that bounced off the rim as time expired.<\/p>\n

The Celtics scored just four points in overtime, shooting 1 for 6 and making four of their 18 turnovers. Garnett started things off by throwing the ball away, and then James made a fallaway jumper as the shot clock expired to give Miami an 88-86 lead.<\/p>\n

Allen missed, Bosh dunked at the other end, West missed a 3-pointer and then James drew a charging foul on Pierce. After another Boston turnover, Wade made a 2-pointer with his foot on the 3-point arc to give Miami a 92-86 lead with 2 minutes left in overtime.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just had poor execution down the stretch,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cIt just carried into overtime, it seemed like. We feel like tonight we beat ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rajon Rondo<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> who dislocated his left elbow Saturday night in Game 3, played 39 minutes with a padded sleeve covering what appeared to be a brace on his left arm, scoring 10 with five assists.<\/p>\n

One game after the Heat\u2019s Big Three combined for just 44 points\u2014their lowest total since they assembled their superteam in Miami\u2014they provided almost all the offense. No one else had more than four points, and the Heat\u2019s bench totaled just seven.<\/p>\n

Miami won the first two games at home, but the Celtics responded when the series returned to Boston and clamped down on the Heat\u2019s Big Three to win Game 3 97-81. Garnett had his best game of the series, scoring 28 with 18 rebounds, but the star for Boston was Rondo.<\/p>\n

The Celtics point guard returned from a dislocated left elbow and provided his team with the spark it had been missing.<\/p>\n

There was some doubt about whether he would be ready for Game 4\u2014but not in Rondo\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n

An MRI and CT scan on the day off were both negative, and Rondo was back in the lineup.<\/p>\n

Instead, it was Spoelstra shuffling his lineup, activating Udonis Haslem<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> for the first time since November foot surgery and rewarding Joel Anthony<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> for his play in the early games with his first start of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Haslem made just one appearance in the first three quarters, playing 3 minutes and picking up an offensive foul, a loose-ball foul and a technical foul.<\/p>\n

But the Big Three was back.<\/p>\n

The Heat went on a 10-2 run in the third quarter to take a 63-59 lead. It was a three-point game when Allen hit a 3-pointer and Boston scored 11 straight points to take a 73-65 lead before Miami scored the last two baskets\u2014on layups by Anthony and James\u2014to end the third quarter trailing by four.<\/p>\n

Notes: Miami had zero assists in the second quarter, and just eight through three. \u2026 Boston activated point guard Carlos Arroyo<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> in case Rondo\u2019s elbow and West\u2019s shoulder became a problem. He did not get into the game. \u2026 Jermaine O\u2019Neal<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> was called for a flagrant foul on James in the first five minutes, perhaps an attempt by the officials to make sure things didn\u2019t get nasty after Saturday night\u2019s takedown in which Rondo was injured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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