{"id":243866,"date":"2026-01-17T23:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/243866\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T23:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:47:13","slug":"saturday-highlights-around-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/243866\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Highlights around the NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2006241\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2006241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255824854-scaled-e1768528001839.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"960\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2006241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victor Wembanyama showcases his new look ahead of a marquee matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/p>\n<p>What we know about Saturday\u2019s slate:<\/p>\n<p>-Minnesota and San Antonio match up in a marquee matchup: The Spurs sit second in the Western Conference with a 28-13 record, while the Wolves are in fourth with a 27-15 record. With that said, the Timberwolves have won five straight games against the Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>-Knicks play host to the Suns: New York has been one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference, sitting third with a 25-16 record. Phoenix has been one of the biggest surprises in the NBA, posting a 24-17 record. The Suns Top 5 defense will look to slow down the Knicks Top 5 offense.<\/p>\n<p>-Lakers and Blazers close the night: Los Angeles comes into this matchup losing four of their last five fixtures, while Portland has won eight of their last 11 outings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama showcases his new look ahead of a marquee matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves What we know&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[130943,85,46,130944,105,130945],"class_list":{"0":"post-243866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-celtics-hawks","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-knicks-suns","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-wolves-spurs-and-many-other-games-across-a-saturday-night-in-the-nba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243866","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=243866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}