The night of the greatest-ever Boston Celtics fan performance at TD Garden
Over the loudspeakers, the 1980s hair metal hit "Livin' on a Prayer" was blasting its first, plaintive notes out, and inspiration struck one of the attendees, Jeremy Fry. He began lip-synching the lyrics while throwing himself up and down the stairs in his section and interacting with other fans in the process, to huge support from all in attendance.
We can't do it justice with our own words, so check the work from the folks behind the "Starr Cards" YouTube channel as they put together a clip of that moment captured on video. Check it out below!
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