Charlotte Hornets @ Minnesota Timberwolves
18-43, 9-25 Away
121
18-43, 9-25 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHA | 37 | 35 | 24 | 25 | 121 |
MIN | 32 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 113 |
31-31, 20-14 Home
113
31-31, 20-14 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Mike Conley misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Gordon Hayward makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses free throw 1 of 1
- Mark Williams misses two point shot
- Kyle Anderson misses two point shot
- Gordon Hayward makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- P.J. Washington misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- LaMelo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
- Rudy Gobert makes driving layup (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 1
- LaMelo Ball makes 10-foot two point shot (P.J. Washington assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- P.J. Washington makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gordon Hayward assists)
- Rudy Gobert misses layup
- Rudy Gobert makes tip shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Mark Williams makes dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Mike Conley misses two point shot
- Kyle Anderson makes two point shot
- LaMelo Ball makes 17-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gordon Hayward misses driving layup
- Gordon Hayward makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
- P.J. Washington makes alley oop layup (Terry Rozier assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes driving layup (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 1
- Mike Conley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes 30-foot three point jumper (Terry Rozier assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup
- Nick Richards misses free throw 2 of 2
- Nick Richards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Naz Reid assists)
- Terry Rozier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Terry Rozier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Terry Rozier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Terry Rozier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes two point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Nick Richards makes layup (Terry Rozier assists)
- Nick Richards makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dennis Smith Jr. misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Washington makes 11-foot two point shot (Dennis Smith Jr. assists)
- Naz Reid makes two point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2
- LaMelo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses two point shot
- P.J. Washington makes driving layup
- Jordan McLaughlin makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2
- LaMelo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jaylen Nowell makes 2-foot driving floating jump shot
- Gordon Hayward makes free throw 1 of 2
- Gordon Hayward makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball makes two point shot (Dennis Smith Jr. assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Gordon Hayward makes free throw 1 of 2
- Gordon Hayward misses free throw 2 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Dennis Smith Jr. makes 10-foot two point shot
- Kyle Anderson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Anderson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Gordon Hayward misses 12-foot two point shot
- Kelly Oubre Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball makes 12-foot two point shot
- Kyle Anderson misses two point shot
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes two point shot (Gordon Hayward assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- P.J. Washington makes 26-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses free throw 1 of 1
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes dunk (Dennis Smith Jr. assists)
- Mike Conley makes driving floating jump shot
- P.J. Washington misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
- Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball makes 31-foot three point jumper (Terry Rozier assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Terry Rozier misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- P.J. Washington misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
- Gordon Hayward makes two point shot
- Gordon Hayward makes free throw 1 of 1
- Mike Conley makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Mike Conley makes free throw 1 of 1
- P.J. Washington misses driving layup
- Naz Reid makes driving layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Gordon Hayward makes two point shot (Svi Mykhailiuk assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
- Terry Rozier misses step back jumpshot
- Terry Rozier makes two point shot
- Naz Reid makes driving layup (Mike Conley assists)
- Gordon Hayward makes driving layup
- Dennis Smith Jr. makes three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Mike Conley makes driving layup
- Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
- Kelly Oubre Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball misses 31-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
- LaMelo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses alley oop layup
- Terry Rozier misses 22-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mark Williams assists)
- Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Gordon Hayward misses 8-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes 3-foot two point shot
- Mike Conley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- LaMelo Ball misses 9-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Terry Rozier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Mark Williams makes dunk
- P.J. Washington makes dunk (Gordon Hayward assists)
- Rudy Gobert misses layup
- Mark Williams makes layup (Gordon Hayward assists)
- Mike Conley misses driving floating jump shot
- Gordon Hayward misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Anderson misses 5-foot two point shot
- Gordon Hayward misses 17-foot jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Kyle Anderson makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
- Kyle Anderson misses free throw 1 of 1
- Mike Conley misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Terry Rozier makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- LaMelo Ball misses 13-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk
- Gordon Hayward misses 6-foot hook shot
- Mike Conley makes driving layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk
- Gordon Hayward makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dennis Smith Jr. assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving dunk
- Nick Richards makes dunk (Terry Rozier assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
- Dennis Smith Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Gordon Hayward makes 18-foot two point shot
- Gordon Hayward makes free throw 1 of 1
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Dennis Smith Jr. makes 6-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Terry Rozier misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
- Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball makes technical free throw
- Dennis Smith Jr. misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Naz Reid misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nick Richards misses layup
- Nick Richards misses layup
- Austin Rivers makes layup (Naz Reid assists)
- P.J. Washington misses driving layup
- Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Anderson makes driving layup
- P.J. Washington misses 10-foot two point shot
- LaMelo Ball makes two point shot
- Naz Reid misses driving layup
- Dennis Smith Jr. misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Nick Richards makes dunk
- Naz Reid makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
- P.J. Washington makes two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 20-foot step back jumpshot (Austin Rivers assists)
- Kelly Oubre Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Naz Reid makes 4-foot two point shot
- Nick Richards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nick Richards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Dennis Smith Jr. misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Gordon Hayward misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer
- P.J. Washington makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- LaMelo Ball misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Terry Rozier misses free throw 1 of 2
- Terry Rozier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Terry Rozier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Gordon Hayward makes tip shot
- P.J. Washington makes free throw 1 of 2
- P.J. Washington makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes alley oop dunk shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gordon Hayward assists)
- Gordon Hayward makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes layup (Mike Conley assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Mark Williams makes driving dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: MIN, 76.0
Win %: MIN, 74.7
Win %: MIN, 74.3
Win %: MIN, 71.9
Win %: MIN, 74.1
Win %: MIN, 77.1
Win %: MIN, 73.9
Win %: MIN, 73.9
Win %: MIN, 75.1
Win %: MIN, 75.6
Win %: MIN, 74.2
Win %: MIN, 73.7
Win %: MIN, 69.6
Win %: MIN, 71.5
Win %: MIN, 72.9
Win %: MIN, 73.4
Win %: MIN, 75.3
Win %: MIN, 76.8
Win %: MIN, 77.3
Win %: MIN, 78.9
Win %: MIN, 81.6
Win %: MIN, 80.5
Win %: MIN, 78.7
Win %: MIN, 77.2
Win %: MIN, 76.8
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
Referee:Ben Taylor
Referee:Jenna Schroeder
Referee:Ray Acosta
2025-26 Standings
Eastern Conference
| Southeast | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 46 | 36 | .561 | - | L1 |
| Orlando | 45 | 37 | .549 | 1 | L1 |
| Charlotte | 44 | 38 | .537 | 2 | W1 |
| Miami | 43 | 39 | .524 | 3 | W2 |
| Washington | 17 | 65 | .207 | 29 | L10 |
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
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