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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hornets | 32 | 32 | 28 | 36 | 128 |
 Timberwolves | 34 | 35 | 38 | 18 | 125 |
CHATeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 50-8856.8% | 14-3737.8% | 14-1877.8% | 35 | 30 | 10 |
| MIN | 44-8452.4% | 18-4143.9% | 19-2576.0% | 36 | 34 | 13 |
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Charlotte Hornets128| 40 | 28 | 10-23 | 3-10 | 5-5 | 0 | −13 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 35 | 18 | 7-18 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0 | +10 | +7.7 | |||||||
| 35 | 11 | 5-12 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −9.3 | |||||
| 33 | 12 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | +6 | +2.5 | ||||||
| 29 | 27 | 11-13 | 3-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +10.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −0.8 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.3 | |||||
| 15 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +0.5 | |||||
| 11 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +3.6 | |||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +0.4 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +10 | +5.6 | |||||
| Team | 128 | 50-8856.8% | 14-3737.8% | 35 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 14-1877.8% | 7 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 32 points on 12 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Frank Ntilikina and James Bouknight (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves125| 39 | 13 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +1.2 | |||||
| 38 | 62, Career high (his best before, 60) | 21-35 | 10-15, Career high (his best before, 7) | 10-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12.8 | ||||||
| 37 | 9 | 3-11 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −2.9 | |||||
| 35 | 9 | 3-9 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −4.9 | ||||||
| 30 | 18 | 6-9 | 4-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +2.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +2.6 | ||||||
| 15 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.9 | |||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.2 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.0 | |||||
| Team | 125 | 44-8452.4% | 18-4143.9% | 36 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 19-2576.0% | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||
Bench 14 points on 5 for 14 shooting
Did not play: Troy Brown Jr., Daishen Nix, Luka Garza and Wendell Moore Jr. (coach’s decision).
Hornets128Timberwolves125ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Brandon Miller scored 27 points, and the Charlotte Hornets rallied from 18 points down in the third quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 128-125.
The Hornets trailed 107-89 with 28 seconds left in the third quarter. They outscored the Timberwolves 39-18 the rest of the way.
The Timberwolves had the ball down 1 with 12 seconds left, but Leaky Black blocked Karl-Anthony Towns’ driving layup, lifting the Hornets’ chance to win from 80% to 86%. It would have put the Timberwolves ahead. They had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Towns missed a 30-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Hornets outscored the Timberwolves 15-9. Terry Rozier scored 4 of the Hornets’ 15 on 2 for 3 shooting.
Miles Bridges scored 28 points (13 in the first quarter).
For the Timberwolves, Towns had a career-high 62 points, 8 rebounds and 10 3-pointers.
The Timberwolves committed 13 turnovers to the Hornets’ 10. They did not make a field goal in the last 3:39. The Hornets outscored the Timberwolves 29-13 in 8 minutes with Washington, Ball, Thor, Miller and Smith on the floor together.
Charlotte HornetsMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Hornets’ chance bottomed out at 3% (3rd quarter, 41s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
114 points from the field on 88 shots: 20.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-17 | 70.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 17-24 | 70.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 7-10 | 70.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-18 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-19 | 42.1% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 27 | 9 | 3-7 | +1 |
| Kyle Anderson | 19 | 4 | 2-3 | −2 |
| Anthony Edwards | 14 | 0 | 0-4 | −4 |
| Naz Reid | 9 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 8 | 3-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Edwards | 23 | 6 | 3-4 | 0 |
| Kyle Anderson | 7 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 6 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Rudy Gobert | 6 | 9 | 4-4 | +8 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaden McDaniels | 34 | 4 | 2-4 | −9 |
| Rudy Gobert | 12 | 4 | 2-6 | −1 |
| Anthony Edwards | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 5 | 7 | 3-5 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 5 | 1-4 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHA
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Alexander-Walker 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Anderson 8 AST)
Q4 4:38
19.1%
58→77
Rozier 5' Fadeaway Jumper (11 PTS)
Q4 2:42
19.0%
46→27
Smith Jr. 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Black 1 AST)
Q4 3:55
16.5%
64→47
Washington 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Bridges 2 AST)
Q4 3:21
14.1%
60→46
Rozier 4' Driving Finger Roll Layup (9 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
Q4 4:13
13.7%
77→64
