The Detroit Pistons and Brooklyn Nets will oppose each other on Wednesday for the second time in five days.
This time, the atmosphere will be different in Brooklyn as NBA players continue to fight their emotions following the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Sunday.
Brooklyn broke a five-game losing streak Saturday night with a 121-111 overtime victory in Detroit when Kyrie Irving scored 45 points. Irving's second-highest points total in a Nets uniform occurred on the same night LeBron James passed Bryant for third place on the all-time scoring list while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers in Philadelphia.