Due to the fact that the statistics will not be used for the regular season, the Oklahoma City Thunder's offense in Tuesday's NBA Cup final appears to be strong.

The Thunder's 97-81 loss against the Milwaukee Bucks was their worst offensive performance of the season, setting season lows in points, field goal percentage (33.7%), and 3-point percentage (15.6%).

Mark Daigneault, the coach of the Thunder, stated that he never views it as such; they just missed shots. They can learn from that, but he could have done a better job of shaking us free at different points in the game.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the standout player for Oklahoma City, had an unusually ineffective 21-point effort. According to ESPN Research monitoring, he was 8-of-24 from the field, including 3-of-12 when Andre Jackson Jr. of Milwaukee was the starting defense.

Although he believes Milwaukee did a fantastic job tonight, Gilgeous-Alexander, who is averaging 30.3 points per game on 51.0% shooting this season, doesn't believe Milwaukee was the cause of my kind of performance. Even with his feelings tonight, he managed to get to my areas. He just produced nothing. That kind of thing happens. Such nights do occur. Yes, Milwaukee was aggressive and played hard. He has seen it all before. He thought I was missing more than anything else.

Gilgeous-Alexander's 3-point shooting percentage was 2 out of 9. The Thunder shot 5-of-32 from long range, and he was the only player from Oklahoma City to make multiple 3-pointers.

It's difficult to win that manner, according to Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein, who scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half. You simply occasionally have those evenings.

Based on the quality of their appearances versus the Bucks, Second Spectrum monitoring predicted that the Thunder would have a 3-point percentage of 34.9%. The Thunder saw their most severe decline of the season, falling 19.3% short of Oklahoma City's real 3-point percentage.