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The Indiana Fever have struggled since the WNBA returned from a monthlong break for the Rio Summer Olympics and pull into the Alamo City for a game against the San Antonio Stars on Tuesday sorely in need of a win to right the ship and help them secure a playoff spot.The Fever (13-15) cant afford to falter against the WNBAs worst team. Indiana has now lost three of its last four, including an 88-81 road defeat at the hands of league-co-leader Los Angeles on Sunday.Indiana has landed a spot in the playoffs for a record 11 consecutive postseasons and holds the sixth spot in the new-look WNBA playoffs, in which the top eight teams, regardless of conference, qualify for the postseason. But Phoenix is just a half-game back.Indiana, usually so strong at the end of the season, has not been mentally sharp in its three post-Olympic losses, including in Los Angeles, where it was down by 20 in the fourth quarter before rallying to make things respectable. Erica Wheeler scored a career-high 20 points for the Fever in the loss.I was proud of how hard we worked, proud of how we fought, Fever coach Stephanie White said. But in this league, you cant have breakdowns. We had a lot of mental breakdowns on defense, and L.A. didnt let us get anything clean on the offensive end.The two teams have split their games this season, with Indiana winning 84-75 on June 17 in San Antonio and the Stars posting an 87-85 victory on July 1 in Indianapolis.San Antonio comes into the game with a 6-22 record and is the only team in the league so far that has been eliminated from the playoffs.The Stars have lost three straight and nine of their last 10 games, including a 97-73 home loss to Chicago on Sunday. San Antonio still has not won back-to-back games this season. It has six games left on the schedule to make something of a lost campaign. Kirk Cousins Jersey Cheap . 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I loved being here and thats how I look at it.Gorgui Dieng and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 16 points, and the Timberwolves snapped a four-game losing streak.Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 27 points, and Robin Lopez added 14. But the Bulls continued a pattern of letdowns against losing teams, this time falling to one that came in tied for the NBAs worst record. And, of course, they lost to their former coach.There wasnt really any emotions, it was just about trying to get a win, Chicagos Taj Gibson said. Trying to keep them down. Thats a struggling team.That wasnt what the Timberwolves expected when they hired Thibodeau. After all, the Bulls went 255-139 and made the playoffs in all five of his seasons, including a run to the 2011 Eastern Conference finals with MVP Derrick Rose leading the way.I know what these guys are doing in there, Thibodeau said. I know what Im doing in there. And thats all that matters. If were doing each and everything you can do every day, thats all that matter.BIG RALLYThe Timberwolves looked like they were going to get blown out, down 38-22 after the first quarter and trailing by 21 in the second. Instead, they closed the half on a 22-5 run to pull within four.Minnesota was leading 91-87 in the games closing minutes when Butler threw down an alley-oop dunk off a feed from Dwyane Wade in transition and nailed a fadeaway jumper off a steal to tie it with 1:34 remaining.ddddddddddddWiggins then hit a pullup jumper and LaVine scored on a reverse layup to make it 95-91 with 52 seconds left.Wade picked up two technical fouls and was ejected with 14.1 seconds left after his driving layup was blocked by LaVine. Butler also got called for a foul on the play.It all led to Ricky Rubio hitting two technical free throws and LaVine making two foul shots to make it 99-91, sealing the win for Minnesota.It was frustration and I told the truth, so I got kicked out, Wade said.QUOTABLEI feel like were good enough to have those results. Weve been in every game. We were winning or really close throughout almost every game that weve played, so it shows that record could be flipped. There are a lot of games we should have won. -- LaVine on the Timberwolves expectations.TIP-INSTimberwolves: The Timberwolves had allowed at least 100 points in nine straight games. ... The 38 points were the most the Timberwolves allowed in the first quarter this season. That also matched a season high for any quarter. ... Nemanja Bjelica played nine minutes after missing the previous two games because of a sore right ankle.Bulls: Chicago is 5-6 against teams with losing records. ... G Rajon Rondo sat out the game because of a sprained right ankle after landing awkwardly near the end of practice on Monday. ... Coach Fred Hoiberg said G Michael Carter-Williams has a pretty important doctors appointment on Friday that could determine if he returns from left wrist and left knee injuries next week. He has been sidelined since Oct. 31.UP NEXTTimberwolves: Host Houston on Saturday.Bulls: Visit Milwaukee on Thursday. ' ' '