"When the Timberwolves lost star center Al Jefferson to a season-ending knee injury on Feb. 8, guard Randy Foye moved up to their No. 1 scoring option and initially played up to the role.

That was then, though, and this is now.

The Wolves' 97-90 loss to Oklahoma City on Sunday was the fifth straight game of 15 points or fewer for Foye, who scored just seven on 3-of-6 shooting.

"The last two weeks he's struggled," coach Kevin McHale said. "He was very good prior to that. ... Maybe he's tired and run down a little bit, too. We've run a lot of offense through him; he's had the ball a lot. Right now, he's not the player he was two weeks ago. We've got to try to figure that out."

Another player who appears to have hit the wall is forward Ryan Gomes, who scored eight points against the Thunder and hit just 4 of 12 shots.

He and Foye sat out the entire fourth quarter, along with starters Mike Miller and Sebastian Telfair, and McHale said he might have to look at substituting players earlier.

"To be truthful and in defense of Randy, he hurt his hip and he sprained his ankle," McHale said. "He doesn't say anything; you never know when Randy's hurt. He doesn't tell you much, (but) I assume he's a little bit dinged-up, too. I was trying to do a little individual stuff with him yesterday and you could just tell he was laboring." "