The Eastern Conference third leading team Boston Celtics are on a hot run after beating the visiting Utah Jazz in a thrilling 100-95 victory to extend their home win streak to eleven at the TD Garden on Monday night.

Starting forward Jae Crowder led the Celtics with a team-high 22 points including a three-pointer that gave Boston the 96-95 lead with 30.4 second left to play.

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"We're really locking in, and being resilient and believing in one another. And we're believing in what coach Brad draws up for us," Crowder, who went 7 for 12 from the field and connected 3-of-5 from beyond the arc in 33.44 minutes of playing time, said. "We've been doing a great job when it's crunch time of finding the right shot. That takes lot of togetherness, and I think we've shown that. We gotta continue to show that to win games."

Starting guards Isaiah Thomas and Avery Bradley chipped in 18 points apiece for the Celtics, who have won three straight games in a row since February 25.

The Celtics currently hold a record of 36 wins and 25 losses. The team has won nine of the 12 games they played for the month of February. They are 20-10 at home and 16-15 at road.

The game was a pretty close one but Boston trailed for most of the contest. The team found its footing in the opening minutes of the fourth period and used a 9-3 run to take its first lead for the rest of the second half.

In the last two minutes of the game, Utah managed to establish a two-point lead when Mack made a trey to make it 95-93 with 49.5 seconds to go. However, Crowder retaliated with a three-pointer to take back the lead 96-95 with 30.4 ticks left. After a Jazz timeout, Hayward's jump shot was blocked by Bradley, who turned the ball over to the Celtics.

Bradley was fouled by Mack and converted the free shots to make it 99-95 with 12.8 seconds left in game clock.

Trey Lyles and Shelvin Mack scored 18 points apiece for the Jazz.

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