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Celtics 115, Heat 107

Still-surging Celtics shrug off the Heat

They make statement by handling the Heat

By Gary Washburn

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 11, 2012

The Celtics not only needed to prove to the basketball public, but perhaps themselves, that their recent stretch of impressive play was good enough to compete with the NBA’s elite. Last Thursday in Chicago, they had nothing to show their audience in a demoralizing loss to the Derrick Rose-less Bulls.

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