Football Match

After his team's loss to New Orleans last week, coach Erik Spoelstra appealed the Heat apt ''hit first'' in games prefer than sponge 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 four 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 loss and hopefully a lesson we'll study from this game -- when you have an chance to reserve on grinding and close a group out, particularly on the defensive end, you have to take avail,'' Spoelstra said.

After catching a five-point lead in overtime, the Heat (5-3) trailed by three with fewer than 20 seconds left and Dwyane Wade with the pellet in his hands.

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

Wade scored the Heat's first 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 keep Francisco Elson on the Jazz's final shot of the game, sending 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 yet the shot glimpsed off of the rim.

Spoelstra said then that a lob inside to James was the first option, but James was well vindicated. House also missed a buzzer-beater opposition New Orleans last week.

''I consider Jerry Sloan is an of the best coaches we have in the ally 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 ground, 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 later tracking the Heat 51-32 at halftime.

''It's dumb to be down like that to a team favor this in a hostile context and all over with a win,'' Millsap said. ''We clawed our direction out of there, but that says a lot approximately our team and the guys we have on our team.''

Before Wade's dramatic three-pointer in overtime, the Heat missed three consecutive shots on detach estates with chances to take the lead: a layup try by James, a baseline jumper by Udonis Haslem and a miss from Wade.

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

Wade led the Heat with 39 points on 12-of-23 shooting fashion 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 percentage (17 of 24) from the floor in the final 12 minutes of regulation.

After production 3 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 ashore a put-back by Millsap. Both Heat guards Carlos Arroyo and Dwyane Wade missed free darts in the final seconds of regulation to grant the Jazz a accident to knot the game.

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

Millsap was 2 of 20 from three-point scope for his career before the game. The Jazz was 1 of 7 from three-point range entering the fourth 15 min but 7 of 12 from distance in the fourth 15 min and overtime.

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