Charlotte Hornets 122, Minnesota Timberwolves 108 — Recap

April 5, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 122, Minnesota Timberwolves 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 29-21 MIN; Q2 CHA 26-39 MIN; Q3 CHA 34-19 MIN; Q4 CHA 33-29 MIN.

Top performers (box score): LaMelo Ball (CHA) 35 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-12 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (MIN) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 5-of-11 shooting; Coby White (CHA) 17 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

LaMelo Ball

35 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 7 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

26 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · CHA

Miles Bridges

25 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 10-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 22 largest lead Q4 6:17 (CHA 111, MIN 89) · 15-0 run, Q3 1:19–Q4 10:56

MIN 7 largest lead Q3 11:51 (CHA 55, MIN 62) · 11-0 run, Q2 8:34–Q2 7:04

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Miles Bridges makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists) (Q3 8:21, CHA 68, MIN 66).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	29	26	34	33		122
MIN	21	39	19	29		108

🧮 How They Scored

CHAMIN

50Points in the paint44

11Fast-break points12

24Second-chance points12

22Points off turnovers19

36Bench points41

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.2%Effective FG%54.2%

13.2%Turnover %15.4%

38.1%Offensive rebound %30.2%

0.163Free-throw rate0.277

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges F	34	25	8	7	0	0	2	10-12	4-4	1-1	+16
Brandon Miller F	34	7	6	3	1	0	1	3-15	1-9	0-0	+22
LaMelo Ball G	31	35	3	8	1	0	4	13-22	7-14	2-2	+15
Kon Knueppel G-F	31	11	4	3	1	0	3	4-14	1-4	2-3	+6
Moussa Diabate F	24	8	9	4	1	1	1	3-4	0-0	2-2	+9
Sion James G	22	5	5	4	1	0	1	2-7	1-5	0-0	+8
Coby White G	20	17	0	1	0	0	3	5-11	3-5	4-5	-5
Grant Williams F	19	8	4	1	2	1	0	2-3	2-3	2-2	+12
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	17	2	5	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Josh Green G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Pat Connaughton G	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Xavier Tillman F	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	-2

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ayo Dosunmu G	33	12	4	2	0	0	1	4-9	0-2	4-4	-17
Julius Randle F	32	26	8	4	0	0	5	9-16	1-5	7-9	-17
Rudy Gobert C	30	12	10	2	1	1	3	6-9	0-0	0-2	-13
Nah'Shon Hyland G	29	18	6	6	2	1	2	5-11	5-11	3-4	-1
Donte DiVincenzo G	28	6	1	3	2	0	2	2-9	2-8	0-0	-17
Naz Reid F-C	25	6	7	1	0	1	1	3-14	0-4	0-0	-12
Mike Conley G	22	11	2	0	1	1	2	3-6	3-5	2-2	-4
Kyle Anderson F	17	2	1	3	1	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-11
Jaylen Clark G	11	9	0	2	1	0	0	3-4	3-3	0-0	+2
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Joan Beringer F	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	+6
Julian Phillips F	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+6
Zyon Pullin G	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Starter	31	35	76.5	35.5	+21.1	22.2
Miles Bridges	Starter	34	25	100.5	17.5	+22.9	23.4
Kon Knueppel	Starter	31	11	35.9	23.4	+9.2	0.3
Moussa Diabate	Starter	24	8	82.0	10.5	+22.8	12.7
Brandon Miller	Starter	34	7	23.3	19.3	+30.0	1.5
Coby White	Bench	20	17	64.4	35.6	-10.0	8.1
Grant Williams	Bench	19	8	103.1	8.2	+28.6	15.4
Sion James	Bench	22	5	35.7	15.1	+20.0	8.3
Xavier Tillman	Bench	02	4	100.0	33.3	-80.0	28.6
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	17	2	100.0	2.6	-3.1	7.0
Pat Connaughton	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	5.3
Josh Green	Bench	03	0	0.0	16.7	-80.0	-5.4
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Starter	32	26	65.1	34.7	-25.8	15.1
Rudy Gobert	Starter	30	12	60.7	17.8	-21.0	12.0
Ayo Dosunmu	Starter	33	12	55.8	15.2	-31.5	6.3
Mike Conley	Starter	22	11	79.9	17.0	-14.1	6.2
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	28	6	33.3	16.4	-17.1	0.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	29	18	70.5	20.8	+4.1	19.8
Jaylen Clark	Bench	11	9	112.5	16.0	+9.5	18.0
Naz Reid	Bench	25	6	21.4	23.1	-21.1	-2.1
Joan Beringer	Bench	3	4	106.4	33.3	+100.0	21.1
Kyle Anderson	Bench	17	2	33.3	7.5	-30.6	7.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	03	2	100.0	16.7	+100.0	10.5
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	05	0	0.0	0.0	+75.0	0.0
Enrique Freeman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0