## 3 Results  
The characteristics of the participants were as follows: mean \(\pm\) SD; age: 21.7 \(\pm\) 1.5 years, height: 187.8 \(\pm\) 6.9 cm, body mass: 85.9 \(\pm\) 8.3 kg, and 10.6 \(\pm\) 1.9 years of basketball training experience. The 1 RM back squat was 135.6 \(\pm\) 20.6 kg. The pre-warm-up, pre-game, and post-game RPEs of the male basketball players were significantly different in all protocols (\(p\)! 0.001), and the highest RPE occurred in the post-game. Additionally, the pre-warm-up RPE was significantly different between the baseline and PAP (F = 4.496, \(\mathrm{\eta_{p}}^{2}\) = 0.209 [large], \(p\) = 0.006), and between the FCM and PAP (F = 4.496, \(\mathrm{\eta_{p}}^{2}\) = 0.209 [large], \(p\) = 0.044). Pre- and post-game RPE were not significantly different between the protocols (Table 1). For the in-game analyses, IPA increased significantly after the FCM compared with the baseline (F = 4.570, \(\mathrm{\eta_{p}}^{2}\) = 0.212 [large], \(p\) = 0.006), and the highest IPA was observed in the 3 \(\times\) 3 basketball game after the FCM. However, significantly higher turnover was found in the 3 \(\times\) 3 basketball game after the PAP than after FCM (F = 4.796, \(\mathrm{\eta_{p}}^{2}\) = 0.220 [large], \(p\) = 0.004). Although the highest 2 PA was determined in the baseline 3 \(\times\) 3 basketball game, the highest 2P%, 1P, assist, and block in the post-FCM game, and the highest steal in the post-PAP game, this difference was not significant. The highest score in rebounds was achieved in the game after the FCM and PAP (Table 2). Following the baseline protocol, thermal asymmetries in different regions were not significantly different pre- and post-3 \(\times\) 3 basketball game. However, after the 3 \(\times\) 3 basketball game following the FCM, the thermal asymmetry in the abdominals (\"large\" ES = 1.149, \(p\) = 0.006) and lower back regions (\"medium\" ES = 0.686, \(p\) = 0.020) was significantly higher than that in the pre-game. In addition, following the PAP, the post-3 \(\times\) 3 basketball game's thermal asymmetry in the abdominals (\"medium\" ES = 0.766, \(p\) = 0.034), lower back (\"large\" ES = 0.888, \(p\) = 0.009), and hamstring regions (\"large\" ES = 0.685, \(p\) = 0.038) was significantly higher than that pre-game. Pre-game thermal asymmetries were not significantly different between the protocols. However, thermal asymmetry after the 3 \(\times\) 3 basketball game following the PAP was significantly lower in the calf region than after the game following the other protocols (baseline vs. PAP, F = 58.066, \(\mathrm{\eta_{p}}^{2}\) = 0.356 [large], \(p\) = 0.009; FCM vs. PAP, F = 223.018, \(\mathrm{\eta_{p}}^{2}\) = 0.329 [large], \(p\) = 0.009). The highest thermal asymmetry in the calf region occurred in the post-game following the FCM (Table 3). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline  & **Baseline** & \(p\) * & **FCM** & \(p\) * & **PAP** & \(p\) * & \(p\) ** \\ \hline Pre-warm up & 2.3 \(\pm\) 0.9 & & 2.5 \(\pm\) 1.3 & & 3.1 \(\pm\) 1.6 & &
\begin{tabular}{c} \textless{}0.006 a-c, \\ \textless{}0.044 b-c \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline Pre-game & 4.7 \(\pm\) 1.3 & \textless{}0.001 & 4.6 \(\pm\) 1.9 & \textless{}0.001 & 4.6 \(\pm\) 1.8 & \textless{}0.001 & 0.975 \\ \hline Post-game & 7.4 \(\pm\) 1.8 & & 7.1 \(\pm\) 1.4 & & 6.9 \(\pm\) 1.5 & 0.562 \\ \hline \end{tabular} Data are presented as the mean \(\pm\) SD. a: Baseline protocol, b: FCM protocol, c: PAP protocol. \(p\) *: Intra-group comparison, \(p\) *: Inter-group comparison, \(p\)! 0.05.  
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Table 1: RPEs of basketball players pre-warm-up, pre-, and post-3 \(\times\) 3 basketball game following the baseline, FCM and PAP protocols.