Tyrese Haliburton: Alex Pretti was murdered.
Luka Dončić says he will do a jersey swap with Naji Marshall in the locker room after a win against the Dallas Mavericks: “I don’t want to show my body.”
[Charania] The Timberwolves-Warriors game in Minneapolis has been postponed by the NBA, sources tell ESPN, in wake of a man shot and killed Saturday in a confrontation with federal agents in the city. It’s the second shooting there in a week, third this month, involving a federal officer.
Charles Barkley about the Wizards-Hornets game: “If you went to this game, you had nothing to do today.”
Ernie Johnson announces that the Timberwolves-Warriors game, which was scheduled as part of the ABC tripleheader, has been postponed by the NBA after Saturday’s shooting in Minneapolis. Charles Barkley: “Somebody’s gotta step up and be adults… 2 people have died for no reason, & it’s just sad.”
Cancel all NBA games until we see action
The NBA should cancel this afternoon’s Timberwolves v. Warriors game in Minneapolis
Luka Doncic instinctively starts walking towards the Mavericks home locker room at halftime vs Dallas earlier today
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (27-17) come back to defeat the Dallas Mavericks (19-27), 116-110.
44 games into the season, the Orlando Magic have the exact same record they’ve had at this point in their season for the past 3 years: 23-21
Don’t let your anger disappear in the echo chamber, contact the NBA directly.
Derrick Rose drops a hard quote while speaking to Thibs, “You may have went to Havard, you may have did physics… but I showed you physics.”
[The Athletic] Members of the Timberwolves organization recommended to the league that the game not be played to give everyone time to process the events and better prepare any extra security measures that may need to be put in place.
Zion Williamson’s signature shoe line is being discontinued by Nike/Jordan. This as the deal he signed before even entering the league comes to an end - the second largest rookie shoe deal ever (7 years \(75m, just behind Lebron's reported 7 years \)90m)
[Highlight] Kevin Huerter wins the game for the Bulls!
[Barkley] “We were off for 2 months, there was no reason for us to be off 2 months…There’s some fools at home and on the internet saying we were talking bad about the players, so they made us work less. Shut the hell up!”
[Highlight] Michael Jordan with a message for Derrick Rose before his jersey retirement
Deandre Ayton despite the win: 9 points 11 rebounds 4 fouls on 4-16 FG 0-0 3PT 1-2 FT
D Rose talks ACL and Thibs at jersey retirement: “A lot of people don’t like Thibs because of that… they look at Thibs as the injury. But I’m here to say fuck that. Thibs was the first coach that made me feel special. I used to do shit in games just to make sure he saw on tape between me and him.”
Derrick Rose’s jersey is unveiled in the rafters to complete the jersey retirement ceremony.
[Highlight] Up 3, with 5.0 seconds remaining in regulation, Jalen Brunson misses both clutch free throws, and Joel Embiid turns the ball over, claims he got fouled (with a replay). Knicks win.
[Highlight] Luka Doncic drives between Mavericks defenders and scores! He also draws the charge at the other end to secure the win for the Lakers
[Post Game Thread] The Chicago Bulls (23-22) defeat the Boston Celtics (28-17), 114-111 behind Kevin Huerter’s game winner
Derrick Rose arrives for his Bulls jersey retirement
Luka Doncic 33/8/11 on 76% (+18) TS against Mavericks.
[Highlight] “Grandma, no more pictures!”
Between their mom giving them candy and their grandma wanting pictures… the Thompson twins had their hands full postgame
[Highlight] LeBron James gets the steal and goes coast-to-coast for the slam dunk.
[Highlight] Luka Dončić is all smiles as he catches up with Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban:
[Bodner] Maxey, anticipating the intentional foul, took a horrible 3 with six secs left and missed everything. Sixers intentionally foul Brunson, but he missed both.
Then refs miss Knicks committing an intentional foul on Embiid and game ends with a Sixers TO.
Sixers lose 112-109.
Kevin Durant to fan courtside: “Who the f*ck you talking to motherf*cker… What would you do out here… Fat motherf*cker you can’t do sh*t… Watch your f*ckin’ mouth”
Jusuf Nurkic records Utah’s first ever back-to-back-to-back triple double: 17 points on 8⁄13 shooting, 10 rebounds, 12 assists
Luka Doncic becomes the Youngest Player in NBA history to hit 1,500 threes.
Derrick Rose videos before the Bulls player introduction, and Rose hypes the crowd. Each Bulls player wearing a Derrick Rose shirt during the introduction
Lakers’ Net Rating this season by quarter: -7.7, -1.4, -2.0, +9.8
The Bucks owe Damien Lillard twice as much in dead cap as the entire annual salary of the ten Nuggets that beat them last night.
[Highlight] Rui Hachimura with a big clutch 3 to give the Lakers the lead (with replays)!
With the Celtics’ loss tonight, the Detroit Pistons have clinched the best record in the Eastern Conference through February 1, and therefore JB Bickerstaff has clinched a spot as an All-Star Game head coach
[Lowlight] Deandre Ayton misses the layup 4x, jogs back on defense and then does a little cheer
Derrick Rose enters the court to the loud cheers of the crowd, for the jersey retirement ceremony.
Luol Deng full speech in the jersey retirement ceremony of Derrick Rose, also receives loud “Luuuu” from the crowd. “Everything we went through. That’s our trophy, man.”. He got Rose into tears.
The Lakers are a league best 13-2 in the clutch this season including 5-0 in games decided by 3 points. What makes them so good in these situations?
Unrelated to any current events, but I found an interesting old r/nba post about times that games were cancelled or postponed to violence that I thought was interesting and worth recirculating.
[Highlight] a 76ers fan makes the halfcourt shot and wins $10,000!
Derrick Rose addresses one of his sons, and his son starts getting emotional, as Rose compliments him
Taj Gibson speech to Derrick Rose
[Highlight] Embiid with the running jam
“If you went to this game, you had nothing to do today.”
-Charles Barkley, as ‘Inside the NBA’ shows Wizards-Hornets highlights.
Joel Embiid continues to perform for the Sixers despite the loss: 38 pts, 11 reb, 5 ast, 1 blk on 13-21 FG