When the bus door opened, the coaches remained seated. It is common practice in NBA circles that players board and exit before anyone else, so the coaches turned to look back at Anthony, who was lost in the moment. Everything he worked for, everything he missed about the NBA was becoming real, brought back by the smells and sounds of the bus. “Everything was just coming, coming, coming at me so fast,” Anthony said. “I had to just sit there and exhale a little bit and take it all in at that moment. That feeling of being back on the bus, heading to the arena … it all just started coming back.”