Football Match

After his team's detriment to New Orleans last week, coach Erik Spoelstra implored the Heat to ''hit first'' in games prefer than sponge one 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 withstand a angry comeback by the Jazz and lost 116-114 in overtime. LeBron James had 4 points at halftime but logged his premier triple-double in a Heat uniform with 20 points, 14 supports and 11 rebounds.

''It's a quite disappointing loss and hopefully a lesson we'll learn from this game -- while you have an opportunity to reserve on grinding and near a team out, particularly on the defensive end, you have to take advantage,'' Spoelstra said.

After taking 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 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 for many for 22 points in the first half. Wade fouled keep 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 heaved a final, desperation jumper from the baseline with 0.4 seconds left in overtime but the shot peeked off of the rim.

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

''I meditation Jerry Sloan is 1 of the best advisers we have in the league and he kind of diagramed 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 trailing the Heat 51-32 by halftime.

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

Before Wade's dramatic three-pointer in overtime, the Heat missed 3 continuous shots on detach personalties with chances to take the lead: a layup try at 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 actor to realize 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 fashion the field, and Chris Bosh had 17 points. It wasn't enough 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 making three three-pointers in the ultimate 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 darts in the final seconds of regulation to allow the Jazz a chance to tie the game.

During his postgame news session, Bosh said he not recalled looking Millsap make a three-pointer until Tuesday.

Millsap was 2 of 20 from three-point range because his vocation before the game. The Jazz was 1 of 7 from three-point scope entering the fourth 15 min 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.