1.   All the pregame fireworks had laid down such a pall that it looked like smoke from a forest fire.

2.   Despite the pregame fireworks and all the hoopla that surrounds a Nevada-Las Vegas home game, Morbley and the rest of the Matadors did come out confident.

3.   The pregame fireworks were great.

4.   While running out to the field, Marinovich was hit in the eye by a piece of debris from the pregame fireworks display at Staples Center.

5.   The flame, the remnant of a pregame fireworks display, started dropping cinders on the court.