{"id":701036,"date":"2026-04-06T07:40:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/701036\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:40:56","slug":"charlotte-hornets-win-fourth-straight-behind-35-points-from-lamelo-ball-in-win-over-minnesota-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/701036\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Hornets win fourth straight behind 35 points from LaMelo Ball in win over Minnesota Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 LaMelo Ball<\/a> scored 35 points and Miles Bridges<\/a> added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the surging Charlotte Hornets<\/a> in a 122-108 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Coby White<\/a> 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<\/a> was sidelined by a left knee injury. They also played without star Anthony Edwards<\/a> 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<\/a> led the Timberwolves with 26 points, and Bones Hyland<\/a> 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<\/p>\n

Hornets: Visit Boston on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Timberwolves: Visit Indiana on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n

Dave Campbell, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 LaMelo Ball scored 35 points and Miles Bridges added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,684,473,3878,685,6,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-701036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-charlotte","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-charlottehornets","12":"tag-hornets","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116356635276400010","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701036","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=701036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}