And still they won.

Randy Foye struggled through a 2-for-11 shooting night but hit a driving layup with 41.3 seconds remaining in overtime to help the Wolves to a 109-108 win and their biggest comeback of the season.

Al Jefferson scored a season-high 39 points, and rookie Kevin Love added 19 points and 15 rebounds for Minnesota, which ran its January record to 9-2 and improved to 11-12 under Kevin McHale.

Ben Gordon had 23 points, and Luol Deng added 22 points for the Bulls, who suffered their fifth straight loss but had two chances to win after Foye's decisive hoop.

Gordon missed a long jumper from the left corner with 27.5 seconds to play and, after a Mike Miller miss, rookie Derrick Rose had two tip tries miss the mark.

The Wolves started slowly, spotting the Bulls an early 10-2 lead before McHale called a timeout with 8:44 to go in the opening period.

His players responded by giving up two layups sandwiched around a Foye turnover before Jefferson broke the drought with two free throws. Chicago scored the next six points for a 20-4 cushion.

A Brian Cardinal layup ended that streak, and Sebastian Telfair followed with another layup, but the Bulls still took a 30-19 lead into the second quarter.

Telfair finished the quarter with nine points, but the Wolves shot just 26.3 percent (5 of 19).

Then Rodney Carney took over, hitting his second three-pointer and slamming home two dunks during a 10-0 Minnesota run that tied it 37-37 with 6:55 to play in the half.

The Wolves got even three more times before halftime on a Ryan Gomes layup and two Jefferson baskets but never passed the Bulls, who took a 55-49 lead into the locker room.

Craig Smith banked in a jumper with 8:17 to play in the third quarter to give the home team its first lead at 58-57, and Gomes followed with a three-pointer for a four-point edge.

The Bulls didn't fold, though, as Rose hit two late hoops for an 82-77 lead heading into the final quarter.

Carney hit a three-pointer to start the period, making it a two-point game. The Wolves were down three, 87-84, when Bulls forward Andres Nocioni hit Jefferson in the face while committing a hard foul with 7:22 to play.

Jefferson had to be restrained from confronting Nocioni, drawing a technical foul before making one of his two free throws. He then knocked down a 13-footer to make it a one-point game at 88-87 with 5:26 remaining.

Rose hit a basket and free throw, and Gordon canned an 18-foot jumper to push the lead to six, but Love scored six straight points for the Wolves to cut it to 95-93 with 2:18 left.

Jefferson missed a shot at the tying basket, and Chicago got a Joakim Noah tip for a 97-93 lead with 1:06 to play.

Jefferson answered with a spinning shot and after Rose missed on a wild drive, Rose tipped in his own miss for a 97-97 tie with 23.9 seconds to go.

The last shot of regulation belonged to the Bulls, as Rose dribbled down to the final second before missing a 17-foot jumper off the backboard.

Gordon put Chicago on top with a jumper to start the overtime, and Nocioni followed a Love tip with a three-pointer for a 102-99 lead.

Miller canned two free throws and found Love for a dunk that put the Wolves up 103-102, but Gordon hit a three before Jefferson went to work.

A layup tied things and a 14-foot jumper gave Minnesota a 107-105 lead with 1:20 remaining.

Deng hit two free throws for another tie 10 seconds later, and Nocioni made one of two after Miller missed a driving layup for a 108-107 Bulls edge with 49.4 seconds to go.

That was it, though, for Chicago, as Foye, 1 for 10 to that point, hit the biggest basket of the night.

The Wolves will be in Milwaukee tonight to take on the Bucks.