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Nap, shooting, hot sauce: Inside Giannis' 'over-the-top' routine

IT IS 22 minutes before tipoff, precisely, and Giannis Antetokounmpo is on the move.

The Bucks' do-everything forward springs up from the chair in front of his locker after a team meeting and walks barefoot from the locker room in Fiserv Forum into the training room, a path he takes before each home game.

"You know why I am here, Scottie," Antetokounmpo says. Athletic trainer Scott Faust nods.

The superstar needs his sauce.

"I put hot sauce on my knees," Antetokounmpo explains later. "It is not hot sauce. It is Icy Hot.