The new Montreal basketball team, led by a smashing Dominic Green, won its first-ever victory in the Canadian Elite League, 80-70 against the Scarborough Shooting Stars.

But more importantly, he succeeded in his audition in front of a packed house with approximately 3,500 spectators: basketball fans, but also the curious and a duo of Montreal NBA stars, Chris Boucher and Luguentz Dort.

(Famous rapper J. Cole was also there. He played 4:39 on the No. 15 Scarborough jersey, with a slight record of zero points and one foul. But he still has a Grammy over his hearth, so to speak. niya.)

So far, the sport has not yet established itself in the metropolis, as Jazz, Dragons or Matrix jerseys are likely to be gathering dust somewhere. But the atmosphere that reigned on Sunday in Verdun gave the impression that the public had long endorsed the team.

It’s sick, it’s sick, repeated Montrealer Kemy Ossé, author of the basket that concretized the success of the Alliance. First game at home, such an atmosphere … just to have a win, it hurts for me. I don’t even know what to say.

” This was the best moment of my basketball career. “

History will remember that Hernst Laroche scored the first basket for the Alliance at home, Nathan Cayo recorded the first dunk and Green recorded the first three basket points, all in a crescendo of cheers.

And it would be interesting to calculate the decibels at the start of the fourth quarter, when Green made three consecutive three-pointers that helped him make sure the game was to his advantage.

He won the gameidentified Ossé.

Green collected 36 of Alliance’s 80 points. The Canadian Elite League game record is 39.

It was a normal performance for him, dropped head coach Vincent Lavandier. Dominic knows how to do that. He is a brilliant player. He had to work hard on defense, he knew that. […] I am demanding of talented players.

It shows that when you work hard, you get what you want to do, Green added. I still have a lot to do. I’m still far from where I want to go. You need to keep improving.

Perhaps there are certainly possible improvements in majority management. Long lines still lined the edges of the Verdun Auditorium minutes from the scheduled start of the game, and an Alliance spokesman on Radio-Canada Sports said pre-game presentations were delayed. approximately 10 minutes for spectators to find their seats within a reasonable time.

Coach Lavandier acknowledged that the process has been difficult for his players to warm up, which may have partly explained their rough first half. But he also admitted that a large percentage of the success went to the supporters, whom he invited to surpass themselves.

I know they can do even better, he assured. Montrealers are still capable. Fans can still turn up the decibels. It was a small discovery for everyone, so it was normal.

To be seen this Tuesday, against Ottawa.