Lakers vs. Celtics, Game 3: Momentum Swing and Fisher King

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The Celtics came out with primal screams and a sweaty coach.

Europe’s amazingly terrible song, The Final Countdown, blared in TD Banknorth and the crowd was brimming with hatred for all things Los Angeles. When House Of Pain’s seminal classic Jump Around came on, it felt like the roof was gonna blow off the joint.

Then the game started. And for the first five minutes, Boston maintained that level of intensity.

Kevin Garnett, time traveling back a decade, sprinted up and down the court for dunks and lay-ins.

Ron Artest picked up two quick fouls. Phil Jackson had to call a timeout to wake up his shell-shocked team, which couldn’t score or get stops, trailing 12-5.

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