Rockets bounce back to advance to conference finals

Down 3-1 in the series and on the brink of elimination, the Houston Rockets reeled off three straight wins to complete an improbable comeback over the Los Angeles Clippers and return to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 1997. Now they'll face a team in Golden State that swept the regular-season series 4-0. ''I don't think we all came together just to get to the Western Conference finals,'' Dwight Howard said. We want to fight for it - for what we think is ours.'' James Harden scored 31 points, Howard had 16 points and 15 rebounds and the Rockets never trailed in a 113-100 victory over the Clippers on Sunday to punch their ticket to the conference finals.