The Boston Celtics hung on against a feisty Philadelphia team thanks to their Big Three - and a couple of big 3s, too. Eddie House and James Posey delivered decisive 3-pointers to help the usual, strong efforts of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen hold up for a 113-103 win over the 76ers on Wednesday night. "You've got to have role players to have a good team,'' Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. We were just making plays for each other and that helped us in the second half to come back, get a lead and get a win,'' Posey said. The Sixers gave an inspired effort in their first game with Ed Stefanski as president and general manager. Stefanski left his job as general manager of the Nets to take a similar role in Philadelphia after Billy King was fired on Monday. "For 40 minutes we were there, but you've got to be able to sustain it against a team like that,'' coach Maurice Cheeks said. The Sixers went ahead one last time, 88-86, on two of Miller's free throws. They played hard, played smart, even shot 56 percent from the floor, but they simply couldn't stop the Celtics down the stretch. House hit consecutive 3s that sparked a 12-2 run that made it 98-90. Posey hit another 3 later in the fourth that pushed the lead to 103-94 and the Sixers did not have another run left in them. "Those are big. They're back breakers,'' House said We can play with them,'' said Samuel Dalembert, who scored 13 points. "We just need to learn how to keep a lead. We can't just let them get their confidence going "I don't think they sense how excited people are to play them,'' Rivers said. "We've never gone through this. Teams are up to play us.'' Maurice has those guys playing hard every night,'' Rivers said. "They don't act like their record. To me, that's all Maurice. They still play hard for him . It wasn't nice for us, though.'' --

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