Vroom, vroom. Out go the lights.

The Utah Jazz stuck to traditions Monday night, right down to Bear the mascot riding on to the court before the game on a motorcycle, cranking the handle several times to rev the engine enough to shake tiles from the roof, just like he used to do to drive poor Phil Jackson nuts when the Bulls would come through for the Finals. The crowd, doing its part, pushed the decibels as if these were still the glory days, fireworks went off as each home player was introduced during starting lineup, and AC/DC rocked over the loudspeaker.

For those into reality checks, they also played "I'm a Believer," the Monkees tune covered by Smash Mouth and the reminder of longshot chances facing the locals: Win now or summer vacation starts before the night is out, and with another first-round elimination at that. The other Utah Jazz tradition.