The Jazz toyed with the Heat Friday night, and they nearly got burned.

The final scored made it look easy -- Utah 92, Miami 76 -- and things started out that way at the Delta Center as the Jazz jumped to an early 21-point lead.

But in between that fast start and late surge was an ugly stretch where the shorthanded Heat pulled to within three points of the Jazz.

"You get yourself in a situation where you get too casual for two or three plays," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said, "and there they are."