Cal Ripken said good-bye with a victory lap around Camden Yards. Peyton Manning waved farewell with a Super Bowl trophy. Kobe Bryant left with 60 points in his final game.
Udonis Haslem drew a charge, got two technical fouls and waved a finger in the face of Philadelphia center Dwight Howard face while repeating, “I’m gonna hit you in the f------ mouth. I’m gonna hit you in the f------ mouth.”
And the Miami Heat veteran was ejected, just as his farewell deserved, Haslem leaving to a standing ovation for the ages.
“What a way to go out,” said his one-time teammate, Shaquille O’Neal, on the TNT halftime show.