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Orlando Magic 2021 Playoff Lessons: Disunity undid the Dallas Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks have a solid group of players that should have done more. But organizational disunity derailed their team. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Former Orlando Magic coaches Stan Van Gundy and Steve Clifford often had the same view about chemistry.

Players do not have to like each other or hang out with each other off the court to have good chemistry on it. They have both cited how teams that had a lot of friends off the court just had no chemistry on it and teams that hated each other off the court just worked.