For 15 teams in the playoffs, the season ends in disappointment. They walk off the court as losers, left searching for answers as they came up short from the ultimate goal.
The fuel for the next season is born from the failure of the previous one. And everyone fails except for one team.
It is what a team does with that failure that determines what happens next. Whether that team grows and gets closer to that ultimate dream or struggles and falls back into the pack.
The Orlando Magic all had some story from walking off the court after Game 5 against the Toronto Raptors last April.