As I have written before about March Madness, every team except the champion loses their last game. In March Madness, 52 of the 68 teams in The Dance have their season ended by the Sunday of the first weekend. In the NBA, it is a slower process, but we are now at the point that of the playoff where half of the teams are done for the year.
All of the losing teams feel pain, but some feel more than others. This is my ranking of the teams’ respective pain levels, starting with the least, ending with the most:
8.