{"id":544530,"date":"2026-01-18T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/544530\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:15:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:15:55","slug":"stream-lineups-injury-reports-broadcast-1-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/544530\/","title":{"rendered":"Stream, lineups, injury reports, broadcast (1\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan. 16, 2026, 2:26 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Two of the premier teams the Western Conference has to offer \u2014 the Houston Rockets<\/a> and the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> \u2014 are set to do battle in a nationally-televised bout on this Friday (Jan. 16) night as they play host to the Wolves in their home arena of Toyota Center.<\/p>\n

Minnesota marks another tough test for Houston as of late, and in a star-driven league, the Rockets will need big games from both forward Kevin Durant and big man Alperen Sengun to come out on top on for this tilt. Anything less than a 25-point performance from Durant and near triple-double from Sengun won\u2019t cut it.<\/p>\n

Records, standing, and streaks<\/p>\n

At present, the Rockets have a 23-15 record, which puts them in the Western Conference standings’ sixth-place slot.<\/p>\n

\"Dec<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves are the owners of a 27-14 record and two-game winning streak, good enough for fourth in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n

Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>What happened in the last game for each team?<\/p>\n

Houston lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (111-91) at home.<\/p>\n

\"Dec<\/p>\n

Minnesota beat the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> (139-106) on the road.<\/p>\n

Injuries<\/p>\n

For Minnesota, Anthony Edwards (right foot injury maintenance) is out and Terrence Shannon Jr. (left foot \u2014 abductor hallucis strain) is out.<\/p>\n

\"HOUSTON,<\/p>\n

For Houston, Tari Eason (right ankle sprain) is questionable and Fred VanVleet (ACL repair) is out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Probable starting lineups – Houston<\/p>\n

Amen ThompsonJosh OkogieKevin DurantJabari Smith Jr.Alperen Sengun\"FebProbable starting lineups – MinnesotaMike ConleyDonte DiVincenzoJaden McDanielsJulius RandleRudy GobertHere’s when you should tune in to see the game:Date: Jan. 16, 2026Time: 8:30 p.m. CT\u00a0TV Channel: ESPNLive Stream: Fubo (watch for free<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 16, 2026, 2:26 p.m. CT Two of the premier teams the Western Conference has to offer \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[72400,7,292,194,4066,6,211,72742,72743,72801,72799,72965,72404,73667,72559,72800,72971,73041,72408,72952,72484,72445,72439,72406,73039,73557,72403],"class_list":["post-544530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-rockets","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-houston","tag-houston-rockets","tag-houstonrockets","tag-nba","tag-rockets","tag-sstssportsnbarockets","tag-sstsnrockets","tag-tagalperen-sengun","tag-tagamen-thompson","tag-taganthony-edwards","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagfred-vanvleet","tag-taghouston-rockets","tag-tagjabari-smith-jr","tag-tagjaden-mcdaniels","tag-tagjosh-okogie","tag-tagmilwaukee-bucks","tag-tagminnesota-timberwolves","tag-tagoklahoma-city-thunder","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtari-eason","tag-tagterrence-shannon-jr","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}