Blake Griffin goes up for two of his 26 points in Sunday’s victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves/Associated Press photo by Mark J. Terrill

It didn’t take Jamal Crawford long to answer when he was asked to talk about Sunday’s 107-99 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Staples Center.

“I think we are just playing harder,” said Crawford, whose team has won three of its past four ahead of Monday night’s home game against the Portland Trail Blazers. “We were also able to sustain the energy through two halves of the game, which enabled us to put ourselves in a pretty good position.”