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LaMelo Ball recorded a double-double of a game-high 32 points and 10 rebounds, Gordon Hayward added his own double-double with 27 points and a game-high 13 boards, and the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 121-113 on Friday in Minneapolis.
It was the Hornets' first three-game winning streak of the season.
Ball's productive scoring night -- which also included eight assists -- culminated in a key 3-pointer with 1:21 remaining that extended Charlotte's three-point lead to six. Hayward set up the pivotal basket when he attacked the paint off the dribble, then kicked out to a wide-open Ball for Ball's fifth made attempt from beyond the arc.