All-Stars give Dwyane Wade farewell fete

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dwyane Wade is adamant that the end of this season will be the right time for him to bid farewell to the game of basketball.

The game of basketball spent the weekend disagreeing with him.

Wade’s final All-Star appearance as a player is complete, a four-day trip that had testimonials, celebrations, moments with his family, countless photos and chats with some of basketball’s royalty, and one more lob to LeBron James for good measure. Wade scored seven points in his final All-Star Game, helping Team LeBron get a 178-164 victory over Team Giannis.

“If you could wake up and say, ‘This is how I would like my perfect day to go, this is how I would like my perfect All-Star weekend to go,’ then this was it for me,” Wade said.