LaMelo Ball scored 35 points and Miles Bridges added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the surging Charlotte Hornets in a 122-108 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Coby White had 17 points for the Hornets (43-36), who shot 48.9% from the floor (45 for 92) on the way to their fourth straight win. They\u2019re a half-game out of sixth place in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n
Ball was 7 for 14 from deep, his league -leading eighth game this season with at least seven 3-pointers. This was also Ball\u2019s 20th game with five-plus 3s.<\/p>\n
Charlotte, which is 9-2 since mid-March and 39-22 since Thanksgiving Day, has not made the playoffs in 10 years. At this rate, the Hornets might even be able to skip the play-in games and secure a first round spot.<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves (46-32) have yet to do so, having lost four of five games since ace defender and third-leading scorer Jaden McDaniels was sidelined by a left knee injury. They also played without star Anthony Edwards for the eighth time in their last 10 games due to lingering pain in his right knee.<\/p>\n
Coach Chris Finch said before the game he doesn\u2019t believe \u201cthere\u2019s any great concern for anything longer-term,\u201d but Edwards\u2019 status remains uncertain.<\/p>\n
Julius Randle led the Timberwolves with 26 points, and Bones Hyland provided their biggest boost off the bench with 18 points, six rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n
Minnesota is in sixth place in the Western Conference, three games ahead of Phoenix (43-35) above the play-in cut with four games to play.<\/p>\n
Hyland hit a 3-pointer to beat the halftime buzzer that gave the Timberwolves a 60-55 lead, but Bridges and the Hornets burst out in the third quarter and were up by 10 by the end of that period.<\/p>\n
Up next
Hornets: Visit Boston on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Timberwolves: Visit Indiana on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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