The Raiders returned to practice Monday after spending three days basking in the glow of their first victory in 11 games this season. Coach Tony Sparano was interested to see how his players would respond.

“I saw good focus,” Sparano said after his team’s first practice in advance of a game against the St. Louis Rams. “Normally you bring a team in on a Monday after a couple of days off, you see a lack of focus, a lack of attention to detail. They were very focused, very good in meetings and very good out there on the field.”

The Raiders hadn’t won in more than a calendar year, a span that yielded 16 straight losses, when they beat the Chiefs 24-20 at the Coliseum on Thursday night.

Now comes a game against a Rams team that is 4-7 and fresh from a loss to the San Diego Chargers. Sparano said he told his players Monday that the focus is on the Rams, but there’s nothing wrong with reflecting upon the Chiefs game.

“It’s OK to close your eyes and think back to the locker room a couple days ago and think about what that feeling is all about because you want more of it,” Sparano said of his message to his players. “It becomes something that possesses you a little bit when you win a football game like that.”

The Raiders scored the game-deciding touchdown with 1 minute, 42 seconds left on a pass from rookie quarterback Derek Carr to veteran wide receiver James Jones.

Their defense sealed the victory by holding the Chiefs on downs. That set off a huge celebration in the stands and on the field. The celebrating carried over into the locker room afterward.

“This team got a taste of something good and they want more of it,” Sparano said. “That’s natural. That’s a good problem to have. You can get into a funk of feeling that other feeling. We don’t want to feel that other feeling.”

Sparano wants his players to ride the momentum, to see if they can pile up wins and finish the season on a positive note. It wouldn’t surprise him, either, if the Raiders get on a roll.

“Teams that are making progress start to play well at this time of year,” Sparano said. “We’re a team that’s making progress.”