Neither a team meeting with owner Gordon Gund nor a season-high from Bryant Stith nor a triple-double from Andre Miller could stop the Cavaliers' brutal slide.

The Cavs' losing streak reached 12 last night as they fell, 108-101, to the Boston Celtics before a crowd of 18,129 at Gund Arena.

It's the franchise's longest losing streak since it lost 15 in a row during the inaugural season in 1970-71. The Cavs' (13-30) last victory was on Jan. 2.

"We've got to find out who has those pins in us," coach John Lucas said. "Whoever we as an organization did anything wrong to, we want to apologize."

Miller finished with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 17 assists. Stith followed with 20 points and Wes Person had 19. Antoine Walker led the Celtics (26-17) with 31 points. Paul Pierce had 22 and Erick Strickland came off the bench for 21 points, including 6-of-9 from behind the 3-point arc.

This one was lost after Miller's basket with 2:10 left lifted the Cavs to within six. The Celtics missed on their next possession, and on the scramble for the ball, Brian Skinner gained control but the ball popped loose and went out of bounds. The initial call was in favor of the Cavs, but referee Hue Hollins overruled, and the Celtics regained possession.

Boston followed that call with a bucket by Pierce for a critical eight-point lead with 1:38 left.

"The call Hollins changed is probably the right one, but I'd like to see a call like that go our way," Lucas said. "We just can't catch any breaks. We can't catch a break on calls; we can't catch a break on 3-point shooters."

The Celtics tied a record for most 3-pointers made by a Cavaliers opponent with 14.

The Cavs and Celtics combined for an arena record for 3-point attempts in regulation with 52.

It was bombs away for Person and Stith during the third. Person nailed two 3-pointers and Stith had three. Stith's final trey of the period brought the Cavs within one with 5:33 left in the period. Chris Mihm followed that with a short jumper for a 69-68 Cavs lead.

The Celtics led by one following two free throws.

The intensity rose for the Cavs when vet Bimbo Coles got into a verbal exchange with rookie Joe Johnson following a foul. Coles split a pair of free throws and the Cavs regained possession on the miss. Coles went to work on Johnson. Coles scored on a bank shot and was fouled again by Johnson. Zydrunas Ilgauskas hit two free throws for a four-point Cavs lead.

Eric Williams' trey cut the Cavs lead to one heading into the fourth.

Midway through the second quarter, the Cavs took a one-point lead following a Ricky Davis steal and slam.

Instead of Davis' shot sparking a rally, the Cavs responded by going numb from the field for the next four minutes. The Celtics took advantage and streaked to a 43-32 lead.

The Cavs answered with four consecutive free throws. Person's trey with 3:12 left before the half cut the deficit to four.

The Celtics extended their lead to seven following a trey.

Miller scored back-to-back baskets and Stith's jumper closed the gap to three.

Walker scored inside and was fouled. He went to the line, missed the free throw but followed his miss, untouched, and scored for a 52-45 lead with 20 seconds left before the half. The move angered Lucas. He threw his clipboard to the floor and it shattered.