The walk from the Barclays Center floor to the arena’s visiting team locker room winds underneath the stadium’s lower bowl and down a white, angular corridor. It's a narrow hall, often cluttered with television network cables and hulking duffle bags of athletic equipment. Fluorescent lights brightly bounce off the walls’ eggshell paint.
On this November night, stepping into the away team’s quarters is practically blinding to the untrained eye. Every NBA locker room features a set of tables that offer its players a selection of cough drops, chewing gums, protein bars and other small goodies partitioned in tupperware containers.