Fans chanted 'Thank you, Sue' as the legend left the court.
played her final game with the Seattle Storm in Washington. After her team lost the playoffs to the Las Vegas Aces in game four of the semifinals 97-92, Bird had some final thoughts about retirement and how it felt to finally see her athletic career drawing to a close."Initially I felt sad about the season and the game," she said during an interview after the game was officially over, according to.
Bird had originally planned on retiring earlier, but decided to commit to a 19th season following an elimination by the Phoenix Mercury and fans' pleas for"One more year!" Now, despite the loss, and some of the residual"weirdness" Bird describes, the Storm fan base remain grateful for everything she has given to the team, giving her a standing ovation until she finally headed off the court for the last time.
"I also wanted to kind of have one last moment to say thank you, to soak it all in, because in some ways it is a happy thing." She talked more about that bittersweet feeling, saying that although there's a lot of sadness in this particular moment, she's also appreciative to be leaving in this way, win or lose."I'm proud of everything we've accomplished here. Of course I'm sad, but there's happiness too, to be able to have a moment like that with the fans, to have them chant the way they did. I know the tears don't look like happy tears, but there's a lot of happiness.
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