Millsap takes his talents to South Beach

You might all remember when King James declared he'd be "Taking his talents to South Beach" on the ESPN Special "The Decision".

Tonight LeBron did just that, his first Triple-Double as a member of the Miami Heat and 29th of his career. Unfortunately for the Heat LeBron's 20 points, 11 rebounds and 14 dimes and Wade's 39 points and 6 rebounds was not enough.

Tonight it was Paul Millsap who brought his talents to South Beach, with a career-high 46 points and 9 rebounds Millsap lead the Jazz to a huge second half comeback and 22 point deficit to beat the Big Three. Millsap had 11 points in the last 30 seconds, including three three pointers and a last second put back to force overtime.

Jazz PG Deron Williams was 9-15 with 21 points and 14 dimes, but missed overtime after fouling out.

A big motivator for the Jazz's improbable second half come back was SG Raja Bell's halftime speech where he reminded the Jazz what was at stake, Utah was getting embarrassed in a game many predicted them to lose. source

While Millsap may have made more three pointers tonight then he has in his entire career (2-20 before tonight) he has been draining 3's during summer workouts, leading Star PG Williams to ask Paul to take them during games.

Al Jefferson, Utah's big get this summer after losing All-Star Carlos Boozer this summer, did not play well tonight and was not played much in overtime. One wonders if he is not meshing well with the team? Or if some of his losing habits in Minnesota have not allowed him to reach his potential with the team.

The Heats three losses have come to teams with elite PGs, New Orleans, Boston Celtics and tonight the Utah Jazz.

Regardless, this was a huge win for the Jazz who have struggled early in the season. Jerry Sloan is a great coach and I am looking forward to seeing the Jazz play twice this week on ESPN.

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I remember playing NCAA 06, Louisiana Tech - National Champs. Thanks Paul!