MONTREAL - Luguentz Dort went back to where it all started on Thursday afternoon, celebrating his NBA championship with a wild, joyful parade through his home neighbourhood.

The Oklahoma City Thunder swingman hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy high while cruising in a Lamborghini as hundreds of cheering fans — and Haitian marching band “Rara Jazz de Montréal” — followed along rue Charleroi in the city’s Montreal North borough.

The streets flooded with locals, Dort jumped out of the car to walk among a crowd of cameras and supporters to Parc Pilon, where hundreds more waited to welcome back their native son.

“Any success I have, I want to share with my people,” Dort said. “There’s not a lot of us that get to make it to the big stage. As soon as we won, I was like, ‘Yeah, I gotta come back

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