The rest is up to Western Conference coaches, who will vote by Thursday on reserves for the Feb. 15 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix.

"I'm not even thinking about it, man," Jefferson said. "Don't get me wrong. I want to think about it, but I'm just getting it out of my mind and waiting until Thursday."

If his teammates had a vote, he'd be a shoo-in.

"I hope he gets in," guard Randy Foye said. "He deserves it. He's the leader of this team, leading scorer, leading rebounder, and we're one of the hottest teams in the league over the last 20 games or so. I just feel as though he deserves it, but if he doesn't get in, all of us around here know that he's an all-star."

Added rookie forward Kevin Love: "He's definitely an all-star. Plus our team is doing so much better. ... I think he's making a strong push."

Other than being slapped with a technical foul, Jefferson didn't suffer any damage from the fourth-quarter shot to the face he took from Bulls forward Andres Nocioni.

The overtime cramps and dehydration were no picnic, but Jefferson said he wasn't playing the hero by staying in.

"As a matter of fact, I told them to take me out," he said, laughing.

Mainly, he was happy that the Wolves came back to win after spotting Chicago a 20-4 first-quarter lead.

"We wanted to see how tough we were and that's what we did," he said. "We fought back. We didn't give up. We all kept playing and knew we were going to start making shots and stuck together."

Assist to Telfair: One of the unsung heroes of Sunday's win was point guard Sebastian Telfair, who scored nine first-quarter points to keep the Wolves within shouting distance at 30-19.

"Bassy is the only reason that we even got a chance to win that game," coach Kevin McHale said. "He was the only guy in the first quarter that had any kind of mojo going at all."

Telfair added some tough defense on rookie Bulls guard Derrick Rose on Rose's last-chance jumper in overtime.

"I thought Bassy's defense on Rose that last possession of the game is as good as you can play him," McHale said. "He just locked him up."

Big loss for Bucks: The Wolves have taken advantage of some short-handed opponents lately and tonight's game at Milwaukee will be another opportunity.

The Bucks learned Sunday that they would be without leading scorer Michael Redd for the rest of the season because of torn ligaments in his left knee.

"I tell you what, I hate to hear that about anybody; I really do," McHale said before Sunday's game. "It's just devastating for the player, devastating for the organization. It's just terrible, but that's part of sports, I guess."

Redd, who suffered the injury Saturday night against Sacramento, was averaging a team-high 21.2 points for the Bucks, who went 5-9 when he was sidelined by an ankle injury in November.

Briefly: The Wolves held a moment of silence before the game in memory of New Prague high Basketball coach Jeff Gravon, who died Wednesday of cancer at 45.