James Harden scored 28 points, Terrence Jones had 10 of his 15 in the fourth quarter, and the Houston Rockets beat the Dallas Mavericks, 103-94, on Tuesday night for their first playoff series victory since 2009.
Houston won the Western Conference series by four games to one to advance to face the winner of the Clippers-Spurs series in the second round.
The host Rockets bounced back from a lackluster performance in a 121-109 loss in Game 4 to head to the West semifinals for the first time since Yao Ming starred for Houston.