Football Match

After his team's loss to New Orleans last week, coach Erik Spoelstra appealed the Heat to ''hit first'' in games rather than preoccupy an opponent's first punch and then counter.

The Heat did that Tuesday, and rocked the Jazz on its heels early. But the Jazz countered with a punch of its own -- several punches, really.

In its first real test at home this season, the Heat could not resist a angry comeback by the Jazz and lost 116-114 in overtime. LeBron James had 4 points at halftime yet logged his first triple-double in a Heat uniform with 20 points, 14 aids and 11 rebounds.

''It's a quite disappointing loss and hopefully a lesson we'll study from this game -- while you have an chance to keep on grinding and near a crew out, particularly on the defensive end, you must take vantage,'' Spoelstra said.

After taking a five-point guide in overtime, the Heat (5-3) trailed at three with fewer than 20 seconds left and Dwyane Wade with the ball in his hands.

Wade crossed up Jazz defender Ronnie Price with a dribble to his left before firing a three-pointer to tie the score at 114.

Wade scored the Heat's 1st seven points of overtime, including a high-flying dunk with 3:22 left.

But Wade wasn't the hero on this night in which the Heat led by as numerous for 22 points in the first half. Wade fouled reserve Francisco Elson on the Jazz's final shot of the game, bringing Elson to the free-throw line. He made both, banking in the second.

Eddie House raised a ultimate, desperation jumper from the baseline with 0.4 seconds left in overtime but the shot glimpsed off of the rim.

Spoelstra said afterwards that a lob inside to James was the first adoption, but James was well defended. House also missed a buzzer-beater against New Orleans last week.

''I muse Jerry Sloan namely an of the best advisers we have in the league and he kind of figured out what we were working apt do,'' James said.

Forward Paul Millsap led the Jazz with career-high 46 points, including 33 points in the second half and overtime.

Millsap was 19 of 28 from the layer, including 3 of 3 from the three-point arbitrage. He likewise had nine rebounds. The Jazz (4-3) scored 84 points in the second half and overtime later trailing the Heat 51-32 at halftime.

''It's speechless to be down favor that to a team favor this in a hostile environment and bring an end to ... with a win,'' Millsap mentioned. ''We clawed our access out of there, but that says a lot almost our team and the guys we have on our team.''

Before Wade's dramatic three-pointer in overtime, the Heat missed three continuous shots above detach personalties with opportunities to take the lead: a layup attempt by James, a baseline jumper by Udonis Haslem and a miss from Wade.

The last Heat player with a triple-double was Shaquille O'Neal, who posted a 15-point, 11-rebound, 10-assist night against Toronto on April 11, 2006. James is the seventh player to achieve the feat in a Heat uniform.

Jazz amenable Andrei Kirilenko swished a three-pointer with 1:50 left in overtime to give Utah a 112-111 lead in front an already stunned hippodrome. Many of the Heat's fans left early, believing the Jazz had no chance at a comeback.

Wade led the Heat with 39 points on 12-of-23 shooting form the field, and Chris Bosh had 17 points. It wasn't ample to stop the Jazz in the fourth quarter, whereas. Utah shot 70.8 percent (17 of 24) from the floor in the final 12 minutes of regulation.

After production three three-pointers in the final 21 seconds of norm, including back-to-back three-pointers from Millsap with 12.1 and 4.3 seconds left, the Jazz tied the score with 3.4 seconds remaining on a put-back by Millsap. Both Heat guards Carlos Arroyo and Dwyane Wade missed free darts in the final seconds of norm to grant the Jazz a chance to tie the game.

During his postgame newspaper session, Bosh said he never reminisced seeing Millsap make a three-pointer until Tuesday.

Millsap was 2 of 20 from three-point range for his profession before the game. The Jazz was 1 of 7 from three-point range entering the fourth quarter but 7 of 12 from distance in the fourth quarter and overtime.

''The basketball gods were with him and he made the shots,'' Wade said of Millsap.