NBA playoffs 2022 - Inside the Phoenix Suns' chaotic, beautiful and galvanizing pregame routine - ESPN

Deandre Ayton barks like a dog. Mikal Bridges becomes Iron Man. JaVale McGee channels his inner Samuel L. Jackson. The Suns' pregame huddle is chaos, but it serves a major purpose.

PHOENIX -- Fifteen minutes remain before tipoff inside Phoenix's Footprint Center, and Deandre Ayton is on all fours outside the locker room, barking like a dog. "I'm the big dog," Ayton specifies. … [+7413 chars]

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