Playing to the competition can be a good thing, like the Timberwolves against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday.
It can also be a bad thing, like the Timberwolves against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.
The Wolves will try to balance that out on Saturday night against a beat-up Chicago Bulls squad.
“We show ourselves that we can compete against the best in this league, but then if we don’t take care of business when it’s time, it doesn’t matter,” Wolves point guard Ricky Rubio said after Saturday’s shootaround. “… Sometimes the pressure is on us that we have to win that game and we play different.