NBA Highlights

The @NBA Hall of Fame committee will set aside the traditional election process and have selected @Lakers #KobeBryant as a first-ballot Hall of Famer for 2020 posthumously. #cbsla #KobeBryantRIP
https://twitter.com/jeffvaughn/status/1222041426713694208

The Milwaukee Bucks (41-6) defeat the Washington Wizards (15-31) by the final score of 151-131 behind Khris Middleton's career high 51 points on 61.5/70/100 shooting splits. Beal also scores 47 points

Rosters for NBA Rising Stars will be announced on Friday at noon ET, league said. Recently told that by a source that Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson would be interested in playing now that he is healthy and on the court. Zion, Ja Morant and Trae Young on the same court 👀.
https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/1222218662892818432

The Phoenix Suns (20-27) wallop the Dallas Mavericks (29-18) by a score of 133-104 behind Deandre Ayton's 31 points

Ricky Rubio is currently averaging more in every stat than Mike Conley

Multiple NBA players have begun informally retiring Kobe Bryant’s jersey number(s) as a tribute with Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie and Orlando's Terrence Ross among them

Vince Carter's young Hawks teammates were checking out the Raptors championship banner when they walked onto the court at Scotiabank Arena today but Vince took pride in pointing out the banner commemorating the building's inaugural game & telling them he scored its first basket in 1999

Funny Kobe video. Kyrie challenges him to a game of 1 on 1, Kobe trash talks him into oblivion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMX5ROTOfYI

Devin booker reaches 7000 points
https://streamable.com/e3cy0

Devin Booker loses Justin Jackson and drills the stepback
https://streamable.com/5x3rd

Kristaps Porzingis against the Suns: 9 PTS, 2-8 FG, 3 REB, 1 AST, -20

Beal dunks all over LopezHighlights
https://streamable.com/msq5r

Joel Embiid called Bobby Jones to get permission to wear No. 24 tonight (retired number for 76ers) to honor Kobe. Jones readily said yes.
https://twitter.com/KristenERodgers/status/1222311533990072321

Pacers forward Alize Johnson, who has always worn No. 24 for Kobe, is not changing his number, per source. “You need that role model coming up and for me, it was G/d and him,” Johnson told @TheAthletic.
https://twitter.com/ScottAgness/status/1222289848796577793

Gordon Hayward: 29 points on 10/14 shooting in the Celtics win over the Heat. Jaylen Brown also adds 25 points on 10/16 shooting.

Sixers and Warriors take 8-sec and 24-sec violation in memory of Kobe
https://streamable.com/pgc1r

Kevin Love wears a No.8 Kobe jersey as a tribute to Bryant as he enters the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse to play the Pelicans.
https://streamable.com/qz4jc

The Celtics coaches are all wearing Kobe sneakers tonight in Miami

Julius Randle scores 8 straight points capped off by two tough fadeaways
https://streamable.com/dkiaq

Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton tonight: 63/15/10 on 25-35 shooting

Collin Sexton denies Zion's dunk from behind
https://streamable.com/qtskc

Zhaire Smith throws down the two-handed slam for his first points of the season
https://streamable.com/w69jv

Ja Morant with the absolutely insane finish as the shot clock expires
https://streamable.com/s2dib

Jaxson Hayes throws down a filthy alley-oop in traffic
https://streamable.com/c0ivu

Kevin Love is ecstatic that he got the lucky bounce on the free throw
https://streamable.com/1se0c

The Milwaukee Bucks have put up 88 points in the first half against the Washington Wizards without Giannis

Ayton plays great defense, but Luka insists he deserves free throws
https://streamable.com/pyo8d

Khris Middleton and Eric Bledsoe combine for 50-12-9 at the half

The Philadelphia 76ers (31-17) defeat the Golden State Warriors (10-38) 115-104, led by 19 bench points from Raul Neto

Khris Middleton joins Brandon Jennings (1x), Michael Redd (2x), Giannis Antetokounmpo (2x), and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (10x) as the only Bucks players to score 50+ points in a game

Khris Middleton drops Troy Brown Jr. and hits the three
https://streamable.com/t8bfu

This play was challenged and the refs ruled it was an offensive foul on Marcus Morris for "kicking his leg out."
https://streamable.com/40erp

The Charlotte Hornets (16-31) defeat the New York Knicks (13-35) 97-92 behind 30 from Terry Rozier III (9/17 FG, 4/8 from 3)

5x5 Watch: Jrue Holiday has 25p/2r/7a/4s/4b at the end of the third quarter.

Jrue Holiday locking down Kevin Love, blocks him then takes his lunch moneyHighlights
https://streamable.com/bkkq3

Marcus Morris nearly gets a flagrant foul for sending Cody Zeller to the floor
https://streamable.com/en362

Khris Middleton dunks it for 51 points
https://streamable.com/pjz3v

Jimmy butler has shot 9.5% from three since Christmas

Jonas Valanciunas drops 22nd double-double on season vs Denver Nuggets

Lost in Deandre Ayton's dominant offensive game against the Mavs: For the season, Ayton defends 18.7 field goal attempts per game, the 2nd most in the league behind Rudy Gobert. He holds opponents to 39.5% shooting, -7.5% worse than their typical shooting averages.

Gilbert Arenas to Kobe: I will fulfill the task u requested from me in this picture 🙏🏾💯You told me to use my bright basketball mind on some form of coaching on an nba/college bench or coaching kids🏀💯 stop wasting it being an idiot on social media....Today I'm starting my coaching career
https://www.instagram.com/p/B74CbrRB8oQ/

Steph Curry is confused by Al Horford's free throw shooting form.
https://streamable.com/plj2f

With this assist, Kyle Lowry passes Jose Calderon for most assists in Raptors history with 3,772
https://streamable.com/zx2yw

Joel Embiid drops 24 points while wearing number 24 to honor Kobe

Khris Middleton (51 points) and Eric Bledsoe (34 points) combine for 85 points, 16 rebounds, and 16 assists against the Wizards.

The Suns outscored the Mavs 48-22 in the 3rd quarter.

The Memphis Grizzlies (23-24) defeat the Denver Nuggets (32-15) 104-96 behind 24 points from Dillon Brooks

The Washington Wizards have given up 150+ points 4 times this season, all in regulation

The New Orleans Pelicans (19-29) defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers (13-35) 125-111 behind Jrue Holiday's 28/2/8/4/4

Ja Morant with the absolutely insane finish as the shot clock expires
https://streamable.com/s2dib

The Washington Wizards have given up over 120PPG in 23 of their 46 games. That includes 4 games in the 150s, 2 in the 140s and 7 in the 130s

Carmelo Anthony on if he’d like to re-sign with the Blazers for next season: “I would love to stay. I feel like this is the place for me to end my career. It could have happened earlier, but it didn’t. Now, where I’m at in my life and my career, this is where I want to retire.”

After the challenge Marcus Morris is called for an offensive foul for kicking his leg out, denying him the 4 point play
https://streamable.com/40erp

Durant says honoring Bryant would mean for "every basketball player go out there and play as hard as they can every night."

Lakers guard Quinn Cook is changing his number from No. 2 to No. 28 to honor Gianna Bryant, combining Gigi's No. 2 and Kobe's No. 8, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
http://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1222525911599370242

Pistons’ Markieff Morris will change from No. 8 to No. 88, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA.

Golden State Warriors guard Alec Burks has worn jersey No. 8, but will switch to No. 20 to honor the tragic death of Kobe Bryant who wore No. 8 and No. 24, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

LaMelo Ball, potential number one NBA draft pick, abruptly leaves Illawarra Hawks for US
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-29/hawks-stunned-as-lamelo-ball-abruptly-leaves-australia/11910408

Oladipo returns today

Brook Lopez can't keep his hands off of Anthony Davis
https://streamable.com/paihu

Shaq reflects on Kobe
https://streamable.com/w5its

This is the Timberwolves' 31st season. Their record in games played by Kevin Garnett is 513-457 (.529), equivalent to a 43-39 season. Their record in all other games is 463-1,026 (.311), equivalent to a 25-57 season. They have 1 winning record in 17 seasons without Garnett.

[Shaq] I'll be dedicating and donating all my proceeds from Friday night's Fun House (in Miami) to all the families who lost loved ones and to the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Foundation. Together we will celebrate all those who lost their lives in Sunday's tragedy.

After last night's game, the Milwaukee Bucks are 5.1 points better (12.2) than the next closest team in Net Rating (Lakers at 7.1)

Lou Williams, bench player and "6th man" is playing more minutes per game than Khris Middleton

More tributes to Kobe Bryant's jersey number(s): Denver's Mason Plumlee from No. 24 to No. 7, Jahlil Okafor from No. 8 to No. 9, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

Barring a league mandate, Buddy will continue to wear #24 to honor Kobe.

Bradley Beal detonates on Brook Lopez, Beal approves of the tech he receives leading to a laugh between the two
https://streamable.com/uzv26

Sixers prospect Christ Koumadje has recorded 80 blocks in his first 22 games in the G-League