LaMelo Ball scored 35 for the Charlotte Hornets; Julius Randle scored 26 for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Charlotte Hornets at Minnesota Timberwolves

2025-26 · Regular season Sun, Apr 5, 2026 · 7:00 pm EDT · All results that day · Charlotte Hornets vs Minnesota Timberwolves head-to-head · Charlotte Hornets schedule · Minnesota Timberwolves schedule

Final

Away

Minnesota Timberwolves

108

Venue: Target Center

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Charlotte Hornets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 122-108 on the road on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at Target Center. LaMelo Ball had 35 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists for the Charlotte Hornets. Julius Randle had 26 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Charlotte Hornets trailed 60-55 at halftime and came back to win. Their best stretch was the third quarter, won 34-19. Double-digit figures in two categories: Rudy Gobert (double-double, Minnesota Timberwolves). Bench points: Charlotte Hornets 36, Minnesota Timberwolves 41. Miles Bridges had 25 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:14 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Charlotte Hornets vs Minnesota Timberwolves?: The Charlotte Hornets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 122-108 on April 5, 2026.
Who led the scoring?: LaMelo Ball scored 35 for the Charlotte Hornets; Julius Randle scored 26 for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Charlotte Hornets	29	26	34	33	122
Minnesota Timberwolves	21	39	19	29	108

Game leaders

Charlotte Hornets

Points: 35 LaMelo Ball
Rebounds: 9 Moussa Diabate
Assists: 8 LaMelo Ball

Minnesota Timberwolves

Points: 26 Julius Randle
Rebounds: 10 Rudy Gobert
Assists: 6 Bones Hyland

Rudy Gobert double-double (12 PTS, 10 REB)

Charlotte Hornets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Brandon Miller starter	33:57	7	6	3	1	0	1	3-15	1-9	0-0	0	+22
Miles Bridges starter	33:46	25	8	7	0	0	2	10-12	4-4	1-1	1	+16
LaMelo Ball starter	31:24	35	3	8	1	0	4	13-22	7-14	2-2	2	+15
Kon Knueppel starter	31:23	11	4	3	1	0	3	4-14	1-4	2-3	4	+6
Moussa Diabate starter	24:08	8	9	4	1	1	1	3-4	0-0	2-2	5	+9
Sion James bench	22:26	5	5	4	1	0	1	2-7	1-5	0-0	1	+8
Coby White bench	19:36	17	0	1	0	0	3	5-11	3-5	4-5	3	-5
Grant Williams bench	18:51	8	4	1	2	1	0	2-3	2-3	2-2	2	+12
Ryan Kalkbrenner bench	16:28	2	5	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	-1
Pat Connaughton bench	3:15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	-6
Josh Green bench	2:30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	-4
Xavier Tillman bench	2:17	4	0	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	-2

Not available: PJ Hall

Minnesota Timberwolves
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Ayo Dosunmu starter	34:29	12	4	2	0	0	1	4-9	0-2	4-4	3	-23
Julius Randle starter	32:04	26	8	4	0	0	5	9-16	1-5	7-9	2	-17
Rudy Gobert starter	29:48	12	10	2	1	1	3	6-9	0-0	0-2	0	-13
Donte DiVincenzo starter	27:00	6	1	3	2	0	2	2-9	2-8	0-0	3	-11
Mike Conley starter	21:53	11	2	0	1	1	2	3-6	3-5	2-2	3	-4
Bones Hyland bench	28:41	18	6	6	2	1	2	5-11	5-11	3-4	1	-1
Naz Reid bench	24:44	6	7	1	0	1	1	3-14	0-4	0-0	3	-12
Kyle Anderson bench	16:59	2	1	3	1	0	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	-11
Jaylen Clark bench	10:55	9	0	2	1	0	0	3-4	3-3	0-0	2	+2
Terrence Shannon Jr. bench	4:40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+6
Joan Beringer bench	3:15	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	+6
Julian Phillips bench	3:15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	+6
Zyon Pullin bench	2:17	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+2

Not available: Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels

Team statistics
Charlotte Hornets	Stat	Minnesota Timberwolves
13/15 (86%)	Free throws	18/23 (78%)
26/47 (55%)	2 pointers	24/45 (53%)
19/45 (42%)	3 pointers	14/38 (36%)
45/92 (48%)	Field goals	38/83 (45%)
46	Rebounds	39
30	Defensive rebounds	26
16	Offensive rebounds	13
31	Assists	24
15	Turnovers	17
8	Steals	8
2	Blocks	4
20	Fouls	18
15	Max points in a row	11
32:37	Time spent in lead	10:13
22	Biggest lead	7

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Minnesota Timberwolves ahead)

Largest margin: 22 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 4
Times tied: 9
Largest lead · Charlotte Hornets: 22 Q4 6:43
Largest lead · Minnesota Timberwolves: 7 Q3 11:51
Longest run: 15-0 Charlotte Hornets · Q3 1:19 to Q4 10:56

Scoring plays

Q1 · 22 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Charlotte Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
10:49	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	3	0
10:28	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 2-pt field goal	5	0
10:10	Minnesota Timberwolves	Donte DiVincenzo 3-pt field goal	5	3
10:02	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	7	3
9:47	Minnesota Timberwolves	Donte DiVincenzo 3-pt field goal	7	6
9:27	Minnesota Timberwolves	Mike Conley 3-pt field goal	7	9
9:12	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 2-pt field goal	9	9
8:58	Minnesota Timberwolves	Mike Conley 3-pt field goal	9	12
8:48	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 3-pt field goal	12	12
8:00	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	14	12
8:00	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges Free throw	15	12
7:45	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 3-pt field goal	15	15
6:10	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	18	15
4:27	Charlotte Hornets	Brandon Miller 3-pt field goal	21	15
4:11	Minnesota Timberwolves	Ayo Dosunmu 2-pt field goal	21	17
3:37	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	24	17
3:09	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	24	19
2:38	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White 3-pt field goal	27	19
1:52	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	27	20
1:52	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	27	21
0:02	Charlotte Hornets	Grant Williams Free throw	28	21
0:02	Charlotte Hornets	Grant Williams Free throw	29	21

Q2 · 35 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Charlotte Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
11:47	Minnesota Timberwolves	Kyle Anderson 2-pt field goal	29	23
11:31	Minnesota Timberwolves	Bones Hyland 3-pt field goal	29	26
10:48	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 3-pt field goal	32	26
10:34	Minnesota Timberwolves	Bones Hyland 3-pt field goal	32	29
9:45	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White Free throw	33	29
9:45	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White Free throw	34	29
9:15	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	36	29
8:34	Minnesota Timberwolves	Bones Hyland Free throw	36	30
8:13	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	36	32
7:49	Minnesota Timberwolves	Mike Conley 3-pt field goal	36	35
7:31	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	36	37
7:04	Minnesota Timberwolves	Bones Hyland 3-pt field goal	36	40
6:44	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White 2-pt field goal	38	40
6:31	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	38	42
6:23	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	40	42
6:23	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel Free throw	41	42
5:56	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	41	43
5:32	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	43	43
5:15	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	43	45
4:43	Minnesota Timberwolves	Ayo Dosunmu 2-pt field goal	43	47
4:30	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	44	47
4:30	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball Free throw	45	47
3:26	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	47	47
3:17	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	47	48
3:17	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	47	49
3:02	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	49	49
2:46	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	49	51
1:52	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	51	51
1:41	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid 2-pt field goal	51	53
1:16	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	53	53
1:01	Minnesota Timberwolves	Bones Hyland Free throw	53	54
1:01	Minnesota Timberwolves	Bones Hyland Free throw	53	55
0:35	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	55	55
0:22	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	55	57
0:01	Minnesota Timberwolves	Bones Hyland 3-pt field goal	55	60

Q3 · 26 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Charlotte Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
11:51	Minnesota Timberwolves	Ayo Dosunmu Free throw	55	61
11:51	Minnesota Timberwolves	Ayo Dosunmu Free throw	55	62
11:28	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	58	62
10:47	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	60	62
10:33	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	60	64
10:11	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	62	64
9:25	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	62	66
9:11	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	65	66
8:21	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 3-pt field goal	68	66
7:51	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 3-pt field goal	71	66
6:55	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	71	67
6:55	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle Free throw	71	68
6:25	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	71	70
5:32	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	73	70
4:20	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid 2-pt field goal	73	72
3:57	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White Free throw	74	72
3:57	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White Free throw	75	72
3:52	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White 3-pt field goal	78	72
2:57	Minnesota Timberwolves	Ayo Dosunmu Free throw	78	73
2:57	Minnesota Timberwolves	Ayo Dosunmu Free throw	78	74
2:30	Minnesota Timberwolves	Bones Hyland 3-pt field goal	78	77
2:10	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White 2-pt field goal	80	77
1:42	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	80	79
1:19	Charlotte Hornets	Coby White 3-pt field goal	83	79
0:59	Charlotte Hornets	Grant Williams 3-pt field goal	86	79
0:30	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 3-pt field goal	89	79

Q4 · 31 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Charlotte Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
11:42	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel 2-pt field goal	91	79
11:13	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate 2-pt field goal	93	79
10:56	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	95	79
10:22	Minnesota Timberwolves	Rudy Gobert 2-pt field goal	95	81
10:10	Charlotte Hornets	Sion James 2-pt field goal	97	81
9:53	Minnesota Timberwolves	Naz Reid 2-pt field goal	97	83
9:10	Charlotte Hornets	Grant Williams 3-pt field goal	100	83
8:52	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 2-pt field goal	102	83
8:35	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	102	85
8:11	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	105	85
8:02	Minnesota Timberwolves	Mike Conley Free throw	105	86
8:02	Minnesota Timberwolves	Mike Conley Free throw	105	87
7:48	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julius Randle 2-pt field goal	105	89
7:09	Charlotte Hornets	Miles Bridges 3-pt field goal	108	89
6:43	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 3-pt field goal	111	89
5:51	Minnesota Timberwolves	Ayo Dosunmu 2-pt field goal	111	91
5:30	Charlotte Hornets	LaMelo Ball 2-pt field goal	113	91
5:23	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaylen Clark 3-pt field goal	113	94
4:40	Charlotte Hornets	Kon Knueppel Free throw	114	94
4:20	Minnesota Timberwolves	Ayo Dosunmu 2-pt field goal	114	96
3:15	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate Free throw	115	96
3:15	Charlotte Hornets	Moussa Diabate Free throw	116	96
2:55	Minnesota Timberwolves	Julian Phillips 2-pt field goal	116	98
2:17	Minnesota Timberwolves	Joan Beringer Free throw	116	99
2:17	Minnesota Timberwolves	Joan Beringer Free throw	116	100
1:59	Charlotte Hornets	Ryan Kalkbrenner 2-pt field goal	118	100
1:39	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaylen Clark 3-pt field goal	118	103
1:26	Charlotte Hornets	Xavier Tillman 2-pt field goal	120	103
0:49	Minnesota Timberwolves	Joan Beringer 2-pt field goal	120	105
0:12	Charlotte Hornets	Xavier Tillman 2-pt field goal	122	105
0:04	Minnesota Timberwolves	Jaylen Clark 3-pt field goal	122	108

2025-26 season series

After this game: tied 1-1. Final series: tied 1-1.

Nov 1: Minnesota Timberwolves 122 at Charlotte Hornets 105
Apr 5: Charlotte Hornets 122 at Minnesota Timberwolves 108 (this game)

Highlights

Timberwolves 108 - 122 Hornets — Full Highlights (YouTube)

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