Football Match

After his team's loss to New Orleans last week, coach Erik Spoelstra appealed the Heat to ''hit first'' in games preferably 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 no resist a angry comeback by the Jazz and lost 116-114 in overtime. LeBron James had 4 points at halftime but recorded his first triple-double in a Heat uniform with 20 points, 14 helps and 11 rebounds.

''It's a quite dissatisfying detriment and hopefully a lesson we'll study from this game -- while you have an chance to reserve on grinding and close a team out, especially on the defensive end, you must take avail,'' Spoelstra said.

After catching a five-point lead in overtime, the Heat (5-3) trailed by three with less 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 first 7 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 as 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 either, banking in the second.

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

Spoelstra said then namely a lob inside to James was the premier adoption, but James was well justified. House also missed a buzzer-beater against New Orleans last week.

''I calculate Jerry Sloan is one of the best coaches we have in the league and he kind of figured out what we were working to 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 floor, including 3 of 3 from the three-point arc. He too had nine rebounds. The Jazz (4-3) scored 84 points in the second half and overtime behind tracking the Heat 51-32 by halftime.

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

Before Wade's thespian three-pointer in overtime, the Heat missed 3 successive shots on separate personalties with chances to take the lead: a layup attempt along James, a baseline jumper by Udonis Haslem and a miss from Wade.

The last Heat actor 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 action in a Heat uniform.

Jazz ahead Andrei Kirilenko swished a three-pointer with 1:50 left in overtime to give Utah a 112-111 lead in front an already stunned amphitheatre. Many of the Heat's fans left early, believing the Jazz had not chance at a comeback.

Wade led the Heat with 39 points aboard 12-of-23 shooting form the field, and Chris Bosh had 17 points. It wasn't enough to stop the Jazz in the fourth 15 min, although. Utah shot 70.8 percentage (17 of 24) from the layer in the terminal 12 minutes of norm.

After making three three-pointers in the final 21 seconds of regulation, 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 throws in the final seconds of regulation to allow the Jazz a chance to tie the game.

During his postgame news conference, Bosh said he never reminisced watching Millsap make a three-pointer until Tuesday.

Millsap was 2 of 20 from three-point range as his vocation 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 basket ball gods were with him and he made the shots,'' Wade said of Millsap.