Wolves looking for some 'mo' against battered Bulls

The Wolves are back from their four-game Western trip looking to build a little momentum going into these final three games before All-Star break, starting with tonight's game against Chicago at Target Center.

The Wolves went 1-3 on that trip, but won the last game, 108-102 over a Clippers team that was rolling before Wednesday's game.

Tonight, they play a Bulls' team that is end a six-game trip hurting in all sorts of way after last night's loss at Denver. They played without Pau Gasol, Joakim Noah, Nikola Mirotic and Mike Dunleavy in that one and then saw star Jimmy Butler carted off the court after injuring his knee. The team last night called it a sprained knee.

"We played a really good game agaisnt the Clippers on a back-to-back and we want to build from there," Wolves point guard Ricky Rubio said. "We played a bad first half against the Lakers (Tuesday in Los Angeles) but did a pretty good job in the second half trying to get back in the game. Then Portland and Utah, it was a four-game trip where I felt we could have won more than one game, but we won the most difficult one and we're going to build momentum from there."

After tonight's game, the Wolves play New Orleans on Monday and Toronto on Wednesday. All three games are at Target Center before the Wolves get a nine-day All-Star break.

"It we play like we did against the Clippers -- play aggressive, sharing the ball, getting some stops at the end -- it's going to be three tough games, but I think we can win all of there of them," Rubio said.

A couple other things:

* Remember: No local TV tonight because FSN is dedicating its time and resources to broadcasting games from morning to night on Hockey Day in Minnesota. League Pass is your best bet, if you get it.

* Tonight is Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg's return to Target Center -- where he played and worked in the front office -- for the first time as an NBA head coach.

* Teammates after shootaround this morning predicted another slam-dunk title for Zach LaVine at All-Star weekend in Toronto but Rubio didn't have much faith that big Karl-Anthony Towns will fare well in the skills challenge. The NBA has invited big men Towns, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis and Draymond Green to compete alongside the little guys on All Star Saturday next week.