Tributes to Kobe Bryant were paid across the NBA as eight games were played amid sombre atmospheres on the day of the former Los Angeles Lakers great's death. Bryant died in a helicopter crash alongside his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in California on Sunday morning. Kyrie Irving opted to stand down from the Brooklyn Nets' match against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, which like all other venues observed a minute's silence before the match.