From the front office to the players to the visiting dignitaries, the Nets honored the late Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna on Wednesday night.

After Bryant and Gianna were among those killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, the Nets paid homage to the Bryant and his daughter’s last visit to Barclays Center on Dec. 21.

Bryant and his daughter had attended the win over Atlanta, sitting courtside next to team owner Joe Tsai’s wife, Clara. And Wednesday against Detroit, those seats — between the Nets bench and the scorer’s table — were left open. There were flowers — appropriately purple ones — laid in the seats before tipoff.

Nets coach Kenny Atkinson addressed the gesture, sharing a memory of Bryant coming over and giving him a brief hug at that game.

“Yeah, it was definitely special,” Atkinson said before the Nets’ 125-115 win over the Pistons. “I was surprised he was there. No one informs me of these things — which they shouldn’t either. But I was surprised that he was right there. Like I said, I was surprised that he knew my name, knew who I was. … That was very cool.

“So the fact that we’re honoring those two seats, and his daughter — I think I found out later that she was here and Trae Young is one of her heroes, and I think it’s a great tribute [to their] memory. We’re doing that tonight, I’ll definitely look over there as I get up from my seat.”

There was also a video tribute to Bryant, and a moment of silence and the Nets warm-ups — which had Chinese lettering on the front in celebration of Chinese Culture Night and the Lunar New Year — had the word Bryant on the back.

The Nets’ DeAndre Jordan (four points, eight rebounds, three blocks) made his return. The veteran center had been out since Jan. 20 with a dislocated middle finger.

“Yeah, hopefully, he can wear Andre [Drummond] down a little. That will be an important piece to the game,” Atkinson said. “I’d say we have kind of a double-edged sword. We have great rim protection and two excellent defenders. We’re going to need it for sure.”

Spencer Dinwiddie, who finished with 28 points and six assists, changed his jersey from No. 8, which is one of Bryant’s two retired numbers. He wore No. 26, which combined Bryant’s No. 24 and Gianna’s No. 2. He had to get permission from the NBA to switch midseason.