Cleveland ? Donyell Marshall has missed 4,584 shots during his 12-year NBA career, so he’s not letting the nine that he missed last Saturday bother him.

After a smashing start, Marshall is one of a number of Cavaliers who has run into a rough patch shooting the ball of late. It has been a major factor in their two-game losing skid as they’ve shot 33 percent in the losses.

Marshall was 0-for-9 in the loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves and, for the first time this season, didn’t make at least one three-pointer in a game. After averaging 11.9 points in the first eight games, the forward has averaged just 4.8 points in his past five, going 6-of-27 from three-point range.

He has been through it before and will likely go through it again, so he intends to follow the long-standing shooter’s mantra of maintaining a short memory.

“We’ve all been playing since we were 8 or 9 years old, and you’re going to have times like these,” Marshall said after practice Monday. “I took great shots. I didn’t force any, and I had three shots go in and out, as a player you count those as makes.”

Marshall, Larry Hughes, Damon Jones and Zydrunas Ilgauskas shot a combined 5-of-41 in the loss to the Timberwolves, the reason why LeBron James’ season-high 38 points weren’t enough.

This is but a little blip within the 82-game schedule, and perhaps due, after the Cavs averaged 105 points in the first 11 games, the most in the league.

“We’re playing unselfishly, moving the ball, getting guys open shots and guys just aren’t making them,” said Hughes, who is just 6-for-24 in the past two games as he’s fought off a cold.

The last two opponents, the Indiana Pacers and Timberwolves, both made conscious efforts to keep the Cavs from running and force them to execute in the half court. This is a trend the Cavs can expect to see much more often. As for their shooting woes, it isn’t something they’re worrying about.

“You’re going to keep the routine that got you here,” Marshall said. “You’re not going to get out of the slump not taking a shot.”