The young Utah Jazz are moving on in the NBA playoffs with a new point guard and power forward combination.

With fresh faces — but the same, old coach — the Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 103-99 on Saturday night to clinch their first playoff series victory since 2000 — when John Stockton and Karl Malone were still running the pick-and-roll.

Carlos Boozer is the new inside force and Deron Williams is the guy running the offense. In Game 7, the results looked awfully familiar.

Boozer had 35 points, 14 rebounds and five assists and Williams had 20 points and 14 assists as the Jazz became only the seventh team since 2001 to come back from a 2-0 deficit and win a series.

“We have to finish up and see where we end up and then look back,” Boozer said. “If we get too excited, we won’t be having too much more success. We have to stay hungry, otherwise we’ll be going home soon, too.”

The Jazz also became just the 19th visiting team to win in 97 Game 7s in playoff history, a significant step for a franchise that hadn’t even been to the playoffs since 2003.

“It’s a great win for our young guys,” said Utah coach Jerry Sloan, in his 20th season in Utah. “I couldn’t be happier.”

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