The Magic second straight season in the playoffs ended much the same way their first one did.
Although against two very different teams, and under extremely different circumstances, the Magic won Game 1 in shocking fashion before dropping the next four.
There was one other notable difference.
Unlike last season, when the Magic showed no fight and were routed in Game 5 by the eventual NBA champion Toronto Raptors, this Orlando team fought until the very end, cutting a 21-point deficit to three in the fourth. They did so even though there was little chance of victory in the series, and even though they were probably eager to depart the NBA bubble and return to their loved ones after being so close and yet so far from home over the last few weeks.