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Lakers' Lou Williams tries to remain patient

EL SEGUNDO – Lou Williams has not had the success he might have imagined when he signed a contract with the Lakers that will pay him $21 million over three years.

Williams has become a late-game favorite of Coach Byron Scott, but has been far from the offensive lightning bolt that made him the Sixth Man of the Year last season in Toronto.

Through 11 games, Williams is shooting just 32.7 percent from the field and 22.4 percent from 3, down from 40.4 percent and 34 percent a year earlier.

“He knows he’s not shooting the ball like he wants to shoot it,” Scott said, “but we want to keep doing what we’re doing, because he’ll get comfortable in the offense.