The San Antonio Spurs suffered a loss in their first game of the NBA season, losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-104. Victor Wembanyama's poor game stole the show, finishing with just one made field goal and 12 points.

In addition to Wembanyama's lackluster showing, the Spurs simply couldn't buy a basket. They shot 27 percent from 3-point range and only 38 percent from the field as a whole, but there were some bright spots.

Mitch Johnson opted to start all three point guards, with De'Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, and Dylan Harper sharing the floor for roughly 12 minutes. In that span, the Spurs posted a +45.6 net rating and took 25 percent more shots than the Thunder did. Of course, there were some growing pains, but the team is optimistic about it moving forward.

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Harper, Castle, and Fox all boast the same strengths and suffer from the same weaknesses. They are all excellent slashers and crafty finishers at the rim, but none of them are exactly known as snipers from deep.

Sure, against the Thunder, Castle was the Spurs' best shooter, going five-of-12 from 3-point range, although they probably can't rely on that night in and night out.

Even with some individual success, the trio knows that there's some work to do. It all starts with getting downhill and turning defense into offense.

"I feel like we all just have to understand that we're at our best when we're in attack mode, and in order for us to do that, we all have to play with each other," said Harper. "We all have to run the floor. Most importantly, we have to get stops. It's the first time in a real game with this lineup, and I can tell youthere's gonna be better days to come with that lineup."

While there are 81 games to figure it out and the Spurs aren't exactly feeling the pressure in the regular season, there's no reason to dawdle.

"We want to get this thing figured out as quick as we can," Castle summed up. "It's not really an adjustment period that we're expecting from it, but obviously there are going to be some adjustments that need to go into it, and I mean, we've been working that out daily, and I feel like since day one, we've gotten so much better with it, so I mean, with the staff that we have and the positions that Mitch puts us in, I think we'll be fine."

The Spurs will take on the Houston Rockets on Friday in Austin, and are expected to trot out the same starting five.