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BOSTON (AP) -Paul Pierce scored 36 points and the Boston Celtics clinched the Atlantic Division title with a 112-108 victory Wednesday night against the Miami Heat, who played without NBA scoring-leader Dwyane Wade.

Wade missed his first game of the season because of a right hip flexor.

But Boston was without Kevin Garnett for the 13th straight game with a strained right knee and Ray Allen, who hyperextended his elbow Tuesday night in a loss at Chicago.

Rajon Rondo had 27 for Boston. Miami, in its third overtime game in its last five, was led by Michael Beasley with 21 points and Mario Chalmers with 19.

Wade's injury ended his career-long streak off 66 straight games played. The Heat did not say how long he would be sidelined, and he was not ruled out of games Friday night at New Jersey and Sunday against Detroit.

NEW YORK (AP) - Vince Carter scored 29 points, Brook Lopez had 23 to help New Jersey salvage the final game of an otherwise miserable five-game trip.

The Nets lost the first four games of the trip out West, losing All-Star point guard Devin Harris to a sprained left shoulder along the way. Al Harrington scored 21 points, and Nate Robinson had 18 points for New York.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Brandon Roy scored 20 points, and Portland center Greg Oden won his first pro game in his hometown.

Oden, the top pick in the 2007 draft, returned to Portland's lineup after missing more than a month because of a bone chip in his left knee. He finished with four points and seven rebounds in 12 minutes.

Danny Granger had 35 points and 10 rebounds in his first start for Indiana since leaving a game Feb. 18 against Charlotte because of a right foot injury.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Gerald Wallace had 25 points and 12 rebounds and Charlotte beat short-handed Sacramento to keep the Kings winless against the Eastern Conference.

Emeka Okafor added 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Bobcats, who pulled away in the fourth quarter as the Kings played without top scorer Kevin Martin (illness), Andres Nocioni (quadriceps) and then lost Rashad McCants (ankle) after he scored 30 points.

Beginning the night in the middle of a six-team logjam for the final playoff spot in the East, the Bobcats won their second straight while the NBA-worst Kings fell to 0-28 against the East.