{"id":697556,"date":"2026-04-04T10:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697556\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:31:25","slug":"hornets-face-the-timberwolves-seek-4th-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697556\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets face the Timberwolves, seek 4th straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charlotte Hornets<\/a> (42-36, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> (46-31, sixth in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Minneapolis; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Timberwolves -1.5; over\/under is 228.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte is looking to keep its three-game win streak alive when the Hornets take on Minnesota.<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves are 25-14 on their home court. Minnesota ranks fifth in the Western Conference with 16.2 fast break points per game led by Ayo Dosunmu<\/a> averaging 3.8.<\/p>\n

The Hornets are 21-17 on the road. Charlotte leads the league averaging 16.4 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 38.0% from downtown. LaMelo Ball leads the team averaging 3.6 makes while shooting 36.5% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves’ 13.7 made 3-pointers per game this season are only 0.9 more made shots on average than the 12.8 per game the Hornets give up. The Hornets are shooting 46.1% from the field, 0.2% higher than the 45.9% the Timberwolves’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The teams square off for the second time this season. The Timberwolves won the last matchup 122-105 on Nov. 1, with Julius Randle<\/a> scoring 30 points in the win.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Randle is averaging 21.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.1 assists for the Timberwolves. Dosunmu is averaging 15 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Ball is scoring 19.5 points per game with 4.8 rebounds and 7.1 assists for the Hornets. Brandon Miller<\/a> is averaging 20.3 points and 4.7 rebounds while shooting 49.3% over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Timberwolves: 5-5, averaging 110.4 points, 46.1 rebounds, 25.1 assists, 8.9 steals and 6.7 blocks per game while shooting 44.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.0 points per game.<\/p>\n

Hornets: 8-2, averaging 122.4 points, 47.0 rebounds, 26.8 assists, 6.7 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 48.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 104.4 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Timberwolves: Jaden McDaniels: out (knee).<\/p>\n

Hornets: Grant Williams: day to day (knee), Moussa Diabate: day to day (ankle), PJ Hall: day to day (ankle).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlotte Hornets (42-36, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (46-31, sixth in the Western Conference) Minneapolis;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[4102,7,970,684,473,3878,78812,685,376,152,1407,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-697556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-ayo-dosunmu","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-brandon-miller","11":"tag-charlotte","12":"tag-charlotte-hornets","13":"tag-charlottehornets","14":"tag-event_preview","15":"tag-hornets","16":"tag-julius-randle","17":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","18":"tag-national-basketball-association","19":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116345982310543951","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}