{"id":276311,"date":"2026-02-06T00:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/276311\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:20:09","slug":"top-moments-highlights-from-8-game-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/276311\/","title":{"rendered":"Top moments, highlights from 8-game Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2040884\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2040884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/knueppel3-784x441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"441\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2040884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kon Knueppel and the Charlotte Hornets try to make it eight consecutive wins when they visit the Houston Rockets on League Pass. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the best of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thursday\u2019s 8-game schedule<\/a> with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights.<\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY 5, 2026 \/\/ 6:50 ET<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, Hawks ready to fly<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Johnson, one of six <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/six-first-time-all-stars-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first-time All-Stars<\/a> in 2026, is putting up career-best numbers during Year 5 in points (23.2), field goal attempts (17.2), 3-point percentage (36.2%), rebounds (10.5), assists (8.0), double-doubles (33) and triple-doubles (9) across 47 appearances.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All Star in an empty gym \ud83d\ude0c<\/p>\n<p>JJ&#8217;s last 7 games:<br \/>25.6 PTS | 13.3 REB | 8.1 AST | 5 Wins <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bQl6g6rSYK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/bQl6g6rSYK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLHawks\/status\/2019535711876075642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY 5, 2026 \/\/ 6:20 ET<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to an eight-game Thursday night!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1876059\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1876059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/flagg-wemby-102225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4683\" height=\"2634\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1876059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cooper Flagg and the Mavericks host Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs for their second matchup of the season tonight. (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got a Prime Video doubleheader for you this evening! All-Star Scottie Barnes and the Toronto Raptors host Matas Buzelis and the Chicago Bulls (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/chi-vs-tor-0022500736\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7:30 ET<\/a>) to kick things off, followed by Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors visiting Dillon Brooks and the Phoenix Suns (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/gsw-vs-phx-0022500739\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10 ET<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>On League Pass, the Charlotte Hornets visit the Houston Rockets while attempting to win an eighth consecutive game (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/cha-vs-hou-0022500737\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8 ET<\/a>), and young stars Victor Wembanyama and Cooper Flagg square off in Dallas when the Spurs come to town (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/sas-vs-dal-0022500738\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8:30 ET<\/a>). Luka Don\u010di\u0107 and the Lakers host Tyrese Maxey and the red-hot 76ers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phi-vs-lal-0022500740\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10 ET<\/a>), who look to extend a season-best five-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s tonight\u2019s complete schedule:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kon Knueppel and the Charlotte Hornets try to make it eight consecutive wins when they visit the Houston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[117687,85,46,142765,53327,142768,11098,142766,105,104782,142767],"class_list":{"0":"post-276311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cooper-flagg","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-jalen-johnson","12":"tag-luka-doncic","13":"tag-maxey","14":"tag-prime-video","15":"tag-scottie-barnes","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-victor-wembanyama","18":"tag-wemby"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}