Houston's Tracy McGrady runs into defense by Utah's Andrei Kirilenko, left, and Carlos Boozer. McGrady missed the layup, and the Jazz ended the series with a 113-91 victory Friday in Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City ? Deron Williams scored 13 of his 25 points in the decisive third quarter, and the Utah Jazz beat Houston, 113-91, on Friday night to win the series 4-2 and knock the Rockets out of the playoffs in the opening round for the second straight year.

The Jazz were determined to avoid a Game 7 in Houston, site of their embarrassing 95-69 loss in Game 5 on Tuesday. Instead, the Jazz are headed to Los Angeles and will open the second round against the Lakers on Sunday.

Tracy McGrady scored 40 for the Rockets, but could not beat the Jazz by himself and fell to 0-7 in playoff series.

Luis Scola was the only other Rockets player in double figures with 15 points. The Rockets lost point guard Rafer Alston due to a sprained ankle in the second quarter, and the offense never recovered.

The 69 points Utah scored Tuesday was the lowest total this season. The Jazz passed that dubious mark early in the third quarter and kept going, playing with a bit of a nasty streak and intensity they didn’t have the first time they tried to clinch the series.

Mehmet Okur had 19 points and 13 rebounds, and Carlos Boozer added 15 points and 10 boards. Andrei Kirilenko scored 11 points, and Williams added nine assists.

The Jazz found their long-range shooting and made 10 of 22 three-pointers. Utah was 2-for-23 from beyond the arc in the previous two games.

Jazz fans once again taunted McGrady with the chant “Over-rated!” then replaced it with “Beat LA!” as the fourth quarter wound down.