MIAMI (AP) – Paul Pierce scored 29 points and the Boston Celtics rallied from a nine-point deficit in the final 5 minutes Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak and beat the Miami Heat 86-84.

Mark Blount’s tip-in put Boston ahead 85-84 with 48 seconds to go. The Heat’s Rafer Alston had a potential game-winning shot from 25 feet, but it glanced off the front of the rim at the buzzer.

Reserve Udonis Haslem scored 18 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds for Miami. Lamar Odom came within an assist of only the fourth triple-double in Heat history, finishing with 12 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists.

The Celtics won even though they were outrebounded 52-34 and shot just 42 percent. The Heat, who have the worst shooting percentage in the NBA, also shot 42 percent and committed 17 turnovers.

Pierce, who had shot 26 percent over the past three games, went 12-for-24 and added eight rebounds.

The Heat got off to a good start as Boston missed 12 of its first 14 shots and sank just 20 percent in the first quarter.

Miami led 35-24 before the Celtics warmed up, and consecutive three-point plays by Jiri Welsch and Pierce left them trailing only 40-39 at halftime.

Eddie Jones sank a 3-pointer as Miami scored seven consecutive points to lead 68-60. Alston’s 3-pointer made it 79-70 with 5:38 left.

Pierce sparked the Celtics’ comeback. He drove, juked past John Wallace with a 360-degree spin and sank a layup to cut Miami’s lead to 84-83 with 1:12 remaining.

Odom missed for the Heat, and Blount tipped in a miss by Pierce to put Boston ahead. After Miami missed two shots, Jones then blocked an attempt by Pierce to give the Heat the ball again.

Jones was short on an off-balance 21-foot try. James rebounded for Boston and sank one of two free with 8.2 seconds to go.

Odom missed 11 of his first 12 shots and finished 4-for-17.

Heat center Brian Grant didn’t dress because of a bruised left knee, ending his streak of 123 consecutive games.

Notes: Boston’s Chris Mihm didn’t play because of a strained left hamstring. … The Heat play 24 of their final 41 games at home. … The Celtics improved to 6-2 when Walter McCarty starts.

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