Charlotte Hornets 121, Minnesota Timberwolves 113 — Recap

February 24, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 121, Minnesota Timberwolves 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 37-32 MIN; Q2 CHA 35-32 MIN; Q3 CHA 24-25 MIN; Q4 CHA 25-24 MIN.

Top performers (box score): LaMelo Ball (CHA) 32 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-21 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 29 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-26 shooting; Gordon Hayward (CHA) 27 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; P.J. Washington (CHA) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists on 7-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

LaMelo Ball

32 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 11-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Anthony Edwards

29 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 11-26 FG

Scoring · CHA

Gordon Hayward

27 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 10-18 FG

Season highs

Gordon Hayward · Season-high 27 pointsGordon Hayward · Season-high 13 rebounds

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	37	35	24	25		121
MIN	32	32	25	24		113

🧮 How They Scored

CHAMIN

54Points in the paint62

15Fast-break points8

11Second-chance points14

19Points off turnovers8

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.2%Effective FG%55.4%

9.5%Turnover %13.0%

22.4%Offensive rebound %14.6%

0.304Free-throw rate0.172

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball G	40	32	10	8	2	0	3	11-21	5-9	5-5	+10
P.J. Washington F	35	20	8	1	1	1	1	8-16	2-5	2-2	+11
Terry Rozier G	33	9	3	5	2	0	1	2-10	0-5	5-6	+5
Gordon Hayward F	32	27	13	5	2	1	2	10-18	2-3	5-6	+12
Dennis Smith Jr. G	26	7	2	4	2	0	1	3-8	1-3	0-0	+1
Kelly Oubre Jr. F	23	8	3	0	1	0	2	2-6	0-3	4-4	+2
Nick Richards C	20	10	5	0	0	1	0	3-7	0-0	4-5	+2
Mark Williams C	17	8	6	1	0	1	0	4-5	0-0	0-0	+3
JT Thor F	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Svi Mykhailiuk G	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	40	29	8	5	2	2	4	11-26	3-7	4-4	-3
Mike Conley G	31	15	2	3	0	0	1	6-13	2-7	1-1	-5
Rudy Gobert C	30	17	10	0	1	3	1	7-9	0-0	3-4	-7
Jaden McDaniels F	30	11	5	2	1	1	1	5-9	1-4	0-1	-4
Kyle Anderson F	28	6	7	6	0	2	4	3-6	0-0	0-3	-12
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	24	13	3	1	1	1	1	5-10	3-4	0-1	+1
Austin Rivers G	19	2	1	2	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-1
Naz Reid F-C	18	16	8	2	0	2	1	6-12	2-7	2-2	-1
Jordan McLaughlin G	13	2	0	2	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Jaylen Nowell G	7	2	1	2	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Bench	40	32	69.0	25.7	+10.1	19.9
Gordon Hayward	Bench	32	27	65.4	27.5	+13.5	20.4
P.J. Washington	Bench	35	20	59.2	20.5	+12.9	10.4
Nick Richards	Bench	20	10	54.3	19.1	-0.8	7.4
Terry Rozier	Bench	33	9	35.6	17.3	+8.2	4.2
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Bench	23	8	51.5	17.5	+2.0	3.8
Mark Williams	Bench	17	8	80.0	12.5	+11.6	14.6
Dennis Smith Jr.	Bench	26	7	43.8	14.3	-0.1	8.2
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	7	0	0.0	11.1	+0.7	-4.9
Cody Martin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
JT Thor	Bench	8	0	0.0	0.0	-26.3	4.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	40	29	52.2	32.7	-2.1	12.6
Rudy Gobert	Bench	30	17	79.0	15.3	-8.9	15.3
Naz Reid	Bench	18	16	62.1	32.6	+2.9	18.8
Mike Conley	Bench	31	15	55.8	18.7	-8.8	6.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	24	13	62.3	17.7	+3.7	7.9
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	30	11	58.3	13.7	-6.0	6.1
Kyle Anderson	Bench	28	6	41.0	16.9	-17.8	5.9
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	13	2	100.0	3.6	+4.9	5.1
Austin Rivers	Bench	19	2	33.3	9.3	+2.9	1.4
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	7	2	25.0	29.4	-39.6	-2.6
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nathan Knight	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0