In early-March of 2019, the Boston Celtics went west as a broken team in need of anything that could make them feel good. They had lost five of their last six and seven of their last 10 at the time.
That Celtics team showed up in Oakland to play the vaunted Warriors and blasted Golden State by 33 points. They followed it up with wins over the Kings and Lakers. Following the trip, stories came out about how that cross-country flight was a bonding experience that fixed everything that had ailed Boston.