Wolves-Charlotte game preview

The Wolves look to extend their winning streak and climb over .500.

November 26, 2021 at 2:58AM
LaMelo Ball of the Hornets edged Anthony Edwards of the Wolves for the NBA Rookie of the Year award last season. (Phelan M. Ebenhack, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

6 p.m. at Charlotte * BSN, 830-AM

Wolves update: They are back at .500 (9-9) after G Anthony Edwards scored 33 points and had 14 rebounds and five assists in Wednesday's 113-101 victory over the Heat at Target Center, the Wolves' fifth victory in a row. ... The Wolves are 6-24 in Charlotte and 3-3 on the road this season. ... F Josh Okogie (back) is questionable. He has missed every game of the Wolves' winning streak.

Hornets update: Charlotte has won seven of its past eight games, including its past two, and is 12-8, the fifth-best record in the Eastern Conference. ... The Hornets' scoring leaders are F Miles Bridges (20.3) and G LaMelo Ball (19.9). Ball edged Edwards in NBA Rookie of the Year voting last season. Ball leads the team in rebounding (7.8) and assists (7.5) per game and is shooting .907 from the free-throw line.

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Chris Miller

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Chris Miller supervises coverage of professional sports teams. He has been at the Minnesota Star Tribune since 1999 and is a former sports editor of the Duluth News-Tribune and the Mesabi Daily News.

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