‘History!’: Basketball fans react to first Toronto Tempo game

The WNBA has officially come to Canada.

After a long wait, the Toronto Tempo tipped off their inaugural WNBA season on Friday at Coca-Cola Coliseum against the Washington Mystics.

As the team was introduced to the sold-out crowd, there was an audible pop when Hamilton’s Kai Nurse was shown on screen. Nurse then took to the mic to pump up the Canadian crowd ahead of tip-off.

As fate would have it, the first basket in the game was scored by Mystics forward Caassandre Prosper. Prosper, a rookie, is a Montreal native and had a number of family and friends in attendance for her first WNBA game.

The first Tempo basket came soon after, with Brittney Sykes hitting a pull-up jumper for the first points in team history.

It was an emotional night for many basketball fans across the country. Here are some of the best reactions to the historic night for Canadian basketball: