Mar 3, 2021 - Charlotte Hornets at Minnesota Timberwolves

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3/3/2021 Minnesota v. Charlotte Game Preview

	Charlotte Hornets	(6-8, 3-5 away)
	Minnesota Timberwolves	(3-8, 2-4 home)

March 3, 2021 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Target Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Season Series

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 12, 2021	Minnesota	Charlotte	-	-	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 3, 2021	Charlotte	Minnesota	-	-	Regular Season	Target Center

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Charlotte	14	48.0	39.0	87.7	.445	13.1	35.8	.367	16.5	22.4	.736	15.3	19.1	11.0	33.8	44.8	28.7	9.1	5.5	107.6
Minnesota	11	48.5	40.5	91.4	.444	11.3	34.4	.328	16.3	21.6	.752	14.7	20.6	11.6	33.5	45.2	23.8	7.5	5.0	108.6
CHA Opponents	14	48.0	39.2	87.6	.447	13.9	40.4	.345	15.8	21.6	.729	16.5	19.4	11.3	36.1	47.4	27.9	8.4	5.7	108.1
MIN Opponents	11	48.5	44.7	92.4	.484	12.5	33.3	.374	16.8	22.3	.755	13.5	19.9	10.1	35.8	45.9	27.3	7.2	5.3	118.7

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Feb 12, 2021	Minnesota	Charlotte	-	-	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 12, 2020	Charlotte	Minnesota	115 - 108	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Oct 25, 2019	Minnesota	Charlotte	121 - 99	Minnesota	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 21, 2019	Minnesota	Charlotte	106 - 113	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Dec 5, 2018	Charlotte	Minnesota	104 - 121	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 20, 2017	Minnesota	Charlotte	102 - 118	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Nov 5, 2017	Charlotte	Minnesota	94 - 112	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 3, 2016	Minnesota	Charlotte	125 - 120	Minnesota	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Nov 15, 2016	Charlotte	Minnesota	115 - 108	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 7, 2016	Minnesota	Charlotte	103 - 108	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Nov 10, 2015	Charlotte	Minnesota	104 - 95	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 22, 2015	Charlotte	Minnesota	109 - 98	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 19, 2015	Minnesota	Charlotte	80 - 105	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 14, 2014	Minnesota	Charlotte	93 - 105	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Jan 10, 2014	Charlotte	Minnesota	92 - 119	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 26, 2013	Minnesota	Charlotte	101 - 102	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Nov 14, 2012	Charlotte	Minnesota	89 - 87	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 28, 2012	Minnesota	Charlotte	88 - 83	Minnesota	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 15, 2012	Charlotte	Minnesota	90 - 102	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 5, 2011	Charlotte	Minnesota	108 - 105	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 15, 2010	Minnesota	Charlotte	110 - 113	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 24, 2010	Minnesota	Charlotte	95 - 108	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Feb 10, 2010	Charlotte	Minnesota	93 - 92	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 14, 2009	Charlotte	Minnesota	100 - 108	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 1, 2008	Minnesota	Charlotte	90 - 100	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Apr 8, 2008	Minnesota	Charlotte	119 - 121	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Mar 4, 2008	Charlotte	Minnesota	109 - 89	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 21, 2007	Charlotte	Minnesota	100 - 95	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 1, 2007	Minnesota	Charlotte	102 - 96	Minnesota	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Apr 4, 2006	Minnesota	Charlotte	92 - 97	Charlotte	Regular Season	Spectrum Center
Nov 19, 2005	Charlotte	Minnesota	89 - 102	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 8, 2005	Charlotte	Minnesota	97 - 102	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 5, 2005	Minnesota	Charlotte	84 - 102	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Feb 25, 2002	Minnesota	Charlotte	97 - 92	Minnesota	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 21, 2001	Charlotte	Minnesota	89 - 94	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 6, 2001	Minnesota	Charlotte	95 - 89	Minnesota	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Dec 22, 2000	Charlotte	Minnesota	83 - 74	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 29, 2000	Charlotte	Minnesota	92 - 87	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 15, 1999	Minnesota	Charlotte	98 - 103	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Mar 4, 1998	Minnesota	Charlotte	102 - 112	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Nov 1, 1997	Charlotte	Minnesota	90 - 106	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 2, 1997	Charlotte	Minnesota	108 - 96	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 4, 1997	Minnesota	Charlotte	101 - 115	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Mar 1, 1996	Charlotte	Minnesota	101 - 105	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 9, 1995	Minnesota	Charlotte	108 - 114	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Jan 22, 1995	Charlotte	Minnesota	83 - 100	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 11, 1995	Minnesota	Charlotte	91 - 100	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Mar 11, 1994	Charlotte	Minnesota	97 - 91	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 14, 1993	Minnesota	Charlotte	85 - 101	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Mar 21, 1993	Charlotte	Minnesota	99 - 95	Charlotte	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 18, 1993	Minnesota	Charlotte	85 - 113	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Apr 19, 1992	Charlotte	Minnesota	107 - 130	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 10, 1992	Minnesota	Charlotte	96 - 105	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Apr 12, 1991	Minnesota	Charlotte	110 - 111	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Nov 9, 1990	Charlotte	Minnesota	77 - 106	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 6, 1990	Minnesota	Charlotte	93 - 108	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum
Feb 14, 1990	Charlotte	Minnesota	86 - 95	Minnesota	Regular Season	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Jan 4, 1990	Charlotte	Minnesota	98 - 100	Minnesota	Regular Season	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Nov 25, 1989	Minnesota	Charlotte	73 - 81	Charlotte	Regular Season	Charlotte Coliseum

2020-2021 Charlotte Hornets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Rozier	D. Graham	G. Hayward	P. Washington	B. Biyombo
Rotation	L. Ball	M. Monk	C. Martin	M. Bridges	C. Zeller
Rotation			C. Martin
Lim PT		G. Riller		J. McDaniels	N. Richards
Lim PT		N. Darling		V. Carey, Jr.

2020-2021 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	D. Russell	M. Beasley	J. Culver	J. Hernangomez	K. Towns
Rotation	R. Rubio		A. Edwards	J. Layman	N. Reid
Rotation	J. McLaughlin		J. Okogie		J. Vanderbilt
Rotation					E. Davis
Lim PT	A. Hagans	J. Nowell		J. McDaniels

Charlotte Hornets Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2	LaMelo Ball	G	13	25.4	4.5	11.0	.406	1.5	4.6	.333	1.4	2.0	.692	2.2	2.6	1.8	5.2	6.9	6.3	1.6	0.4	11.8
8	Bismack Biyombo	PF	13	26.4	3.2	5.7	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.6	.471	1.2	2.5	2.6	4.4	7.0	1.8	0.1	1.5	7.7
0	Miles Bridges	SF	13	26.0	3.5	7.7	.460	1.5	3.5	.413	0.7	0.7	1.000	1.8	2.3	1.1	4.3	5.4	1.8	0.8	1.0	9.2
22	Vernon Carey, Jr.	PF	3	2.1	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0
30	Nate Darling	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Devonte' Graham	PG	13	33.1	3.8	12.5	.301	2.5	7.8	.314	1.9	2.4	.806	1.3	1.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	6.4	1.6	0.0	11.9
20	Gordon Hayward	GF	12	34.2	8.1	16.5	.490	2.2	5.2	.413	3.7	4.0	.917	2.1	2.2	0.7	4.4	5.1	3.8	1.2	0.4	22.0
10	Caleb Martin	F	12	15.9	2.7	5.7	.471	0.7	2.4	.276	0.8	1.2	.600	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	1.6	1.0	0.2	6.8
11	Cody Martin	F	11	11.4	1.4	2.5	.536	0.2	0.9	.200	0.5	0.7	.750	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.5	2.3	1.3	0.5	0.0	3.5
6	Jalen McDaniels	PF	9	9.3	1.4	2.8	.520	0.2	0.7	.333	0.8	1.2	.636	0.9	1.4	0.3	1.8	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.0	3.9
1	Malik Monk	SG	3	11.3	1.0	2.7	.375	1.0	2.3	.429	0.7	1.3	.500	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.7
14	Nick Richards	C	4	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	.500	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2
7	Grant Riller	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Terry Rozier	G	13	32.8	6.9	14.5	.479	3.2	7.2	.436	2.6	3.4	.773	1.8	2.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	2.8	1.5	0.5	19.6
25	P.J. Washington	PF	13	28.6	4.4	10.4	.422	1.2	3.4	.364	2.8	3.8	.740	2.0	3.2	1.8	4.9	6.8	2.8	1.0	1.4	12.8
40	Cody Zeller	F	1	18.9	3.0	6.0	.500	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	6.0

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
5	Malik Beasley	SG	11	32.4	7.5	16.3	.458	2.6	6.8	.387	2.6	3.0	.879	1.2	1.3	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.0	0.5	0.3	20.2
23	Jarrett Culver	SG	11	22.4	3.0	6.8	.440	0.5	2.0	.227	0.9	1.7	.526	1.5	2.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	1.1	0.5	0.3	7.4
17	Ed Davis	PF	8	13.9	1.0	2.6	.381	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.5	.750	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.1	5.5	0.8	0.4	0.5	2.4
1	Anthony Edwards	SF	11	24.7	4.8	12.7	.379	1.5	5.5	.267	1.5	1.9	.762	1.8	1.7	1.1	1.8	2.9	1.9	0.5	0.2	12.5
22	Ashton Hagans	PG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
41	Juancho Hernangomez	F	11	20.3	2.5	6.2	.397	1.1	3.5	.308	0.6	0.9	.700	0.4	0.9	0.9	4.4	5.3	0.5	0.5	0.2	6.6
10	Jake Layman	SF	9	14.2	1.6	3.6	.438	0.2	1.3	.167	1.4	1.7	.867	0.4	1.6	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.4	4.8
3	Jaden McDaniels	F	5	7.4	1.2	2.2	.545	0.8	1.6	.500	0.2	0.4	.500	0.6	1.0	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.8	0.4	0.2	3.4
6	Jordan McLaughlin	G	4	16.1	1.8	4.2	.412	0.5	1.8	.286	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	0.2	0.2	1.5	1.8	3.5	0.5	0.2	4.0
4	Jaylen Nowell	SG	1	7.8	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
20	Josh Okogie	SG	5	24.4	2.8	5.6	.500	0.2	1.6	.125	0.8	1.2	.667	0.8	2.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.8	0.0	1.0	6.6
11	Naz Reid	C	11	19.6	4.0	7.4	.543	1.0	2.6	.379	1.8	2.5	.714	1.4	3.0	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.2	0.4	1.0	10.8
9	Ricky Rubio	G	11	24.4	2.2	5.7	.381	0.5	1.9	.238	1.5	1.5	.941	1.6	2.2	0.4	2.5	2.8	5.4	1.4	0.0	6.3
0	D'Angelo Russell	SG	11	31.4	7.7	17.7	.436	2.8	7.3	.388	2.5	3.5	.692	3.5	2.3	0.5	2.6	3.2	5.5	1.3	0.4	20.7
32	Karl-Anthony Towns	C	4	32.9	7.2	15.8	.460	1.5	4.0	.375	6.0	6.2	.960	2.5	2.8	4.0	8.5	12.5	4.2	0.5	2.8	22.0
3	Jarred Vanderbilt	PF	9	14.9	2.1	3.2	.655	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.1	.474	0.7	1.7	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.3	1.1	0.4	5.2

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