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  "angle": "Saturday night in the NBA separated contenders by star performances and collapses: Wembanyama's 43, a Rockets rout, and a Hawks implosion.",
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      "heading": "San Antonio keeps winning",
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          "markdown": "The Minnesota postcast adds schedule and roster pressure to the story. Minnesota was playing its seventh game in 11 days, and the postcast says Minnesota offensive success is highly dependent on the scoring efficiency of TJ Shannon and Bones Highland while Anthony Edwards is sidelined. That framing makes the loss read as a fatigue and depth problem as much as a single game matchup, even though Minnesota still found ways to score in transition.",
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