Ray Allen helps Celtics beat Cavaliers
BOSTON — Ray Allen scored a season-high 33 points, hitting his sixth three-pointer to give the Celtics a four-point lead with 48 seconds left, and Boston held on despite 42 points from LeBron James to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 117-113, Sunday.
The win ended a three-game home losing streak for Boston.
James scored 20 in the fourth quarter, when the Cavaliers erased a 17-point lead and took their first lead of the game, 104-103, with 2:58 left. But he missed two free throws in the last 16 seconds and a three-point attempt on a fastbreak with 3.2 seconds left when a two-pointer would have tied it.
Despite the loss, Cleveland clinched home-court advantage for the entire postseason.
—Associated Press
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