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.

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]

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