The Milwaukee Bucks have lost three straight as their season continues to rush away and a worrying trend has emerged that's been especially revealed by those losses. 

In each of the last three games the Bucks have failed to reach triple digits in scoring, with their Monday night loss to the Celtics being the poorest showing of the three in a 108-81 loss.

The Bucks are close to the bottom of the league in scoring at an average of 11.3 points per game, 28th among all teams in the NBA, and while those numbers may be hampered by the multiple absences of Giannis Antetokounmpo this season due to injury, it's also a result of several problems that the Bucks have dealt with all season.

The way that Bucks head coach Doc Rivers described it, some nights it's just plain bad luck and shots aren't falling, which isn't a problem unique to Milwaukee, but at other times it's because of a lack of energy from the team or a failure to adhere to the game plan or standard.

"We get stagnant. Some nights, the ball didn't go in. As crazy as it sounds, last night we didn't play right for a long stretch and then we missed wide open shot after wide open shot," Rivers said (via Bucks). "Tonight, give the defense credit... I didn't think we stayed committed to the way we wanted to play."

The actual technical aspects of the Bucks' offensive game don't seem to be the main culprit of the issue. In fact, the Bucks are one of the most efficient teams from the field in the NBA at 47.8%. The issue for the Bucks is actually getting enough shots up to make that efficiency translate into wins.

For as well as they shoot from the field, the Bucks only attempt an average of 86 shots per game, fourth-least in the NBA.

Their inability to actually get shots up ties back in to the effort and discipline problems that Rivers was speaking of. If the Bucks aren't able to consistently execute a stable game plan, then they fall apart before they can even get into a position to make a shot. 

Over the course of the game, that translates to less points while their opponents can take advantage of any mishaps and turn them into their own shot opportunities. 

For the Bucks to be as effective as their shooting numbers point to them being, they need to maintain their energy, maintain their discipline, and do more to create shot opportunities for themselves.