Watch Los Angeles Clippers vs Houston Rockets 5/17/15 Playoffs Game 7 Full Game Replay

The Houston Rockets humbled the Los Angeles Clippers 113-100 in game seven of their NBA second round playoff series Sunday to reach their first Western Conference final since 1997. James Harden tallied 31 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, while Dwight Howard finished with 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Rockets, who became just the ninth team ever to rally from a 3-1 series deficit to win in seven games.

It marked another playoff meltdown for the Clippers, who have never made it to the NBA semi-finals in franchise history and looked to be in command of this series after notching three wins in dominating fashion.

After Game 4, the Rockets looked dead in the water. Down 3-1 with Chris Paul back for the Clippers and Houston's defense looking completely over-matched, most wrote them off entirely. The Rockets surprised with an emphatic Game 5 victory and then had an historic Game 6 comeback, swinging momentum back in their favor.

Game 7 nearly looked like the opposite of Houston's incredible Game 6, as the Clippers rallied in the fourth to put a scare into the Toyota Center crowd. A lead that was as large as 20 with 10:27 to play was cut to eight with 2:10 remaining. The Rockets bent but held firm, and a Trevor Ariza dagger three with 55 seconds left in the game killed whatever hopes remained.

The Rockets, after back-to-back first-round exits, finally made the NBA final-four again for the first time since ’97 — two years after the Hakeem Olajuwon-led teams won back-to-back NBA titles in 1994 and 1995.

For the ninth time in NBA history, a 3-1 deficit has been overcome in a playoff series.