MILWAUKEE -- Around 20,000 Milwaukee Bucks fans packed the courtyard outside Fiserv Forum -- nicknamed the "Deer District" -- to celebrate Giannis Antetokounmpo's MVP award. Some fans wore Antetokounmpo jerseys. Others showed up with homemade posters and intricate paintings of Antetokounmpo.
The Bucks had set up a temporary stage where a DJ played. The actual ceremony -- where Antetokounmpo briefly addressed the crowd and held up the trophy -- lasted just 15 minutes, but fans showed up to stake the perfect selfie spot hours before the Bucks' star arrived.
When Antetokounmpo took the stage around 3:15 CT, he grabbed a microphone with the Bucks' moniker on it and asked the crowd for three favors.