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LAS VEGAS — Frank Vogel stood outside the Dallas Mavericks’ temporary locker room Wednesday night and recounted the shiver that recently ran down his spine. He and his family had taken a visit to the University of Miami with his wife and two daughters when he felt a strange sensation of familiarity.

The palm trees. The man-made lake. The dense Saint Augustine grass. The humidity and the Florida sun.

It really felt like the 2020 NBA bubble.

As he told the story about how the campus visit triggered memories of those 90-some days living at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, his co-worker with the Mavericks, Mike Penberthy, laughed. He’

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