"Probably confidence, I would say," McHale said after the Wolves ran their winning streak to four games Wednesday night with a resounding 129-87 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. "They're confident. They're feeling good about playing Basketball."

Guard Randy Foye, who tied his career high with 32 points in just three quarters, sounded the same theme.

"I feel as though our confidence is growing," he said. "Not only because we're getting the wins, (but) because we're winning the way that we want to win. We're playing together, we're getting stops on defense and we're rebounding."

Hard to believe this is the same team that started 0-8 under McHale, who improved to 6-10 since replacing the fired Randy Wittman less than a month ago.

"It feels like six (months)," McHale said. "Yeah, I'm getting more comfortable. The assistant coaches have been great; the players have been great. The players have helped me way more than I've helped them.

"The most enjoyable thing for me is I see them smiling out there and playing together and enjoying it. If you're enjoying it, and you'll work hard, good things will happen for you."

Don't forget Al: Foye wasn't the only star for the Wolves, who got 21 points and 13 rebounds from center Al Jefferson.

That's the fourth consecutive double-double and 20th this season for Jefferson, who probably picked up a few all-star votes, with the Wolves blaring announcements all game, encouraging fans to fill out ballots.

McCants sighting: Rashad McCants got his first playing time in three games, playing the final 6:56 and hitting a three-pointer.

"I thought Rashad played well when he played," McHale said. "You can't play everybody. His time will come again. You've got to practice hard, put your nose to the grindstone and make it happen for yourself."

Briefly: Fan favorite Mark Madsen also played the final 6:56 for the Wolves, getting the loudest ovation of the night when he hit a short hook shot with 1:05 to play.