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LAS VEGAS — Tuesday night's championship between Milwaukee and Oklahoma City didn't quite have the intensity of a playoff game, but the high energy that has typified the second version of the NBA Cup was ratcheted up. With a trophy and a significant amount of money on the line it was clear this was no normal mid-December game. Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said after his team's 97-81 loss to the Bucks that it was closer to elevated regular season than the playoffs.
