HOUSTON - Carlos Boozer scored 35 points and pulled down 14 rebounds as
the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 103-99 in the seventh and deciding game
of their first-round playoff series on Saturday.
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Houston Rockets' Yao Ming of China is fouled by Utah Jazz's
Matt Harpring (15) in the fourth quarter of Game 7 of their NBA playoff
basketball game in Houston May 5, 2007. [Reuters]
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The Jazz move on to the Western Conference semi-finals where they will play
the Golden State Warriors, surprise winners over the Dallas Mavericks, in a
best-of-seven series starting in Salt Lake City on Monday.
Utah's win in Houston was the only game won by the visiting team in the
hard-fought seven-game series. Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming led the Rockets with
29 points each