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Charlotte Hornets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

November 1, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Hornets 122-105 on 2025-11-01 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Collin Sexton, LaMelo Ball, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. The Timberwolves started Mike Conley, Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and Jaden McDaniels. Julius Randle (Timberwolves) scored 17 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 19 points (7/11) in his matchups, with Mike Conley as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Miles Bridges GS 36:41 30 8 4 1 0 1 3 10-16 6-11 4-4 -5
LaMelo Ball GS 33:28 18 7 8 1 0 3 2 7-19 2-8 2-2 -8
Kon Knueppel GS 30:57 5 8 2 1 0 3 2 1-9 1-8 2-2 -20
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS 29:27 6 6 0 0 4 1 1 2-4 0-0 2-4 -22
Collin Sexton GS 19:58 9 2 2 0 0 2 1 2-7 0-3 5-5 -22
Sion James 27:25 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 2-3 2-2 2-2 +11
Tre Mann 22:36 16 1 5 1 0 1 3 6-15 2-7 2-2 -4
Moussa Diabaté 18:33 11 9 1 0 0 0 2 3-5 0-0 5-6 +5
Tidjane Salaün 11:19 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1-5 0-4 0-0 -12
Liam McNeeley 9:36 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 -8
Totals 105 45 23 4 4 14 16 34-86 13-45 24-27

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 122

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Rudy Gobert GS 35:20 14 15 5 2 2 1 0 6-9 0-0 2-3 +31
Julius Randle GS 32:17 30 7 4 1 0 2 2 12-19 3-6 3-3 +8
Jaden McDaniels GS 31:53 14 4 6 0 0 3 6 6-10 2-2 0-0 +5
Donte DiVincenzo GS 31:19 18 3 4 1 0 0 2 6-14 5-12 1-2 +12
Mike Conley GS 28:55 10 3 6 1 0 1 4 3-6 2-3 2-2 +18
Naz Reid 21:55 18 3 1 0 0 1 4 7-13 3-5 1-2 0
Jaylen Clark 19:02 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 3-6 0-3 0-0 +19
Rob Dillingham 15:31 4 0 4 2 0 2 1 2-5 0-0 0-0 +4
Terrence Shannon Jr. 11:36 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 2-2 -10
Bones Hyland 9:58 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1-3 1-3 0-0 -2
Joan Beringer 1:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Johnny Juzang 0:58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0
Totals 122 38 31 8 2 10 22 47-87 17-36 11-14

Did not play: Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHA
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Hornets defense

Defender Guarded most
Miles Bridges Julius Randle: 37 poss., 15 pts (5/8) · Jaden McDaniels: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
LaMelo Ball Donte DiVincenzo: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jaden McDaniels: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Ryan Kalkbrenner Rudy Gobert: 43 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Naz Reid: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kon Knueppel Mike Conley: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Donte DiVincenzo: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James Donte DiVincenzo: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann Rob Dillingham: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bones Hyland: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton Jaden McDaniels: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Mike Conley: 9 poss., 4 pts (0/1)
Moussa Diabaté Rudy Gobert: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Julius Randle: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tidjane Salaün Naz Reid: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Mike Conley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Liam McNeeley Jaylen Clark: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mike Conley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Rudy Gobert Ryan Kalkbrenner: 38 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Julius Randle Miles Bridges: 36 poss., 16 pts (6/10) · Moussa Diabaté: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaden McDaniels Kon Knueppel: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · LaMelo Ball: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Mike Conley LaMelo Ball: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donte DiVincenzo Sion James: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · LaMelo Ball: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Naz Reid Miles Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 7 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Jaylen Clark LaMelo Ball: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rob Dillingham Sion James: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Mann: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Terrence Shannon Jr Kon Knueppel: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Mann: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Tre Mann: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · LaMelo Ball: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Ryan Kalkbrenner: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Juzang Liam McNeeley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 0 poss., 3 pts (1/1)