Source: AP,
MIAMI —Dwyane Wade had 39 points. LeBron James had a triple-double. The Miami Heat had a 22-point lead.
The Utah Jazz were unimpressed on all counts.
Paul Millsap scored a career-high 46 points—11 coming in the final 28 seconds of regulation as Utah rallied from eight down—and the Jazz stunned the Heat 116-114 in overtime on Tuesday night.
“I guess when it rains, it pours," Millsap said.
Utah never led by more than three points, which didn’t matter. The Jazz had more than enough at the end, and Francisco Elson’s free throws with 0.4 seconds left won it.
“At some point in the year, unfortunately, we have to go through something like this," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
It’s still early, but Utah can make an argument for being the NBA’s comeback kings so far. The Jazz rallied from 18 points down to beat the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night, and dug themselves an even bigger hole this time around, trailing by 22 in the second quarter and 51-32 at halftime while getting run out of Miami’s building.
Deron Williams had 21 points and 14 assists before fouling out late in regulation, and Andrei Kirilenko scored 16—including a 3-pointer with 1:50 remaining, after which the Jazz wouldn’t trail again.
“It’s speechless, to be down like that to a team like this and to come out with a win," Millsap said. “We clawed our way out of it. But this says a lot about our team."
Wade’s 39 came on 12-of-23 shooting. James finished with 20 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds for his 29th triple-double, the seventh that came in a loss. Chris Bosh scored 17, James Jones added 11 and Carlos Arroyo had 10 for the Heat, who gave up a staggering 84 points after halftime.
“I think we panicked a little bit as a group," Wade said.
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