LOS ANGELES — The plays looked uncomfortable, but Patrick Patterson said he wasn't.
Like most of the Thunder's starters Tuesday, Patterson had an awful shooting start. It wasn't so much the misses, however, but where they were coming from: the post.
Patterson shot 38 percent from 3 last season and is viewed as a floor spacer for the Thunder with his perimeter shooting. But two of his first five shots Tuesday came on post ups from the right side of the lane against 6-foot-7 shooting guard Klay Thompson, shots that didn't look like a part of the Thunder's plan on offense.