Charlotte Hornets 135, Minnesota Timberwolves 102 — Recap

March 3, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 135, Minnesota Timberwolves 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 36-33 MIN; Q2 CHA 26-23 MIN; Q3 CHA 36-20 MIN; Q4 CHA 37-26 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Terry Rozier (CHA) 31 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Gordon Hayward (CHA) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists on 10-of-18 shooting; Ricky Rubio (MIN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-23 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Terry Rozier

31 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · CHA

Gordon Hayward

23 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST · 10-18 FG

Scoring · MIN

Ricky Rubio

20 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 7-11 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	36	26	36	37		135
MIN	33	23	20	26		102

🧮 How They Scored

CHAMIN

60Points in the paint56

19Fast-break points16

18Second-chance points10

27Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.7%Effective FG%45.3%

13.7%Turnover %15.5%

28.3%Offensive rebound %22.6%

0.214Free-throw rate0.188

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
P.J. Washington F	32	16	9	3	2	1	1	6-12	2-4	2-3	+21
Gordon Hayward F	31	23	5	9	5	0	2	10-18	0-6	3-4	+30
Terry Rozier G	29	31	3	4	3	0	3	12-21	6-12	1-1	+23
Miles Bridges F	29	13	10	5	0	1	1	5-7	1-3	2-2	+26
Bismack Biyombo C	29	8	8	4	1	2	1	3-3	0-0	2-3	+23
LaMelo Ball G	26	19	7	5	2	0	4	7-13	4-5	1-2	+25
Malik Monk G	26	18	2	2	0	0	5	5-13	3-7	5-6	+13
Cody Martin F	26	2	5	1	1	3	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	+12
Caleb Martin F	6	3	4	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-1	0-0	-4
Jalen McDaniels F	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-4

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	33	19	5	3	2	0	4	8-23	1-10	2-2	-24
Karl-Anthony Towns C	32	16	15	3	0	0	4	6-14	1-5	3-4	-27
Jaden McDaniels F	30	5	7	2	0	0	0	2-7	0-4	1-2	-26
Jake Layman F	26	14	1	1	2	0	1	5-7	1-3	3-4	-21
Ricky Rubio G	24	20	4	9	1	0	5	7-11	4-6	2-2	-10
Jordan McLaughlin G	24	4	4	4	3	1	1	2-7	0-3	0-0	-23
Jaylen Nowell G	23	7	1	3	0	0	1	2-9	1-5	2-2	-16
Jarred Vanderbilt F	18	6	0	0	2	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	-7
Naz Reid F-C	16	7	5	0	1	1	1	2-6	1-3	2-2	-6
Jarrett Culver G	14	4	3	0	0	0	1	2-8	0-1	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Terry Rozier	Bench	29	31	72.3	32.4	+33.8	16.4
Gordon Hayward	Bench	31	23	58.2	25.6	+41.7	17.8
LaMelo Ball	Bench	26	19	68.4	26.1	+41.7	17.9
Malik Monk	Bench	26	18	57.5	31.3	+23.1	3.2
P.J. Washington	Bench	32	16	60.1	17.3	+27.2	14.4
Miles Bridges	Bench	29	13	82.5	11.7	+40.0	16.3
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	29	8	92.6	6.7	+35.8	9.7
Caleb Martin	Bench	6	3	37.5	22.2	-34.8	14.6
Cody Martin	Bench	26	2	25.0	5.9	+21.0	6.6
Jalen McDaniels	Bench	6	2	33.3	17.6	-28.6	-2.0

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ricky Rubio	Bench	24	20	84.2	26.6	-16.9	17.5
Anthony Edwards	Bench	33	19	39.8	32.9	-31.6	3.7
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	32	16	50.8	24.4	-36.5	9.4
Jake Layman	Bench	26	14	79.9	13.2	-33.9	9.4
Naz Reid	Bench	16	7	50.9	17.8	-16.2	10.0
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	23	7	35.4	17.2	-33.8	0.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	18	6	75.0	10.2	-15.9	4.0
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	30	5	31.7	10.0	-41.2	6.4
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	24	4	28.6	12.3	-44.8	7.7
Jarrett Culver	Bench	14	4	25.0	22.0	-20.6	-6.1