Durant leads Thunder over Magic

NBA DAILY DOSE: Banged-up defending conference champs falter in second half

The Associated Press | • Published November 09, 2009

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Stan Van Gundy doesn’t care how many players the Orlando Magic are missing. He still wants the rest to give their best.

Kevin Durant scored 28 points, Russell Westbrook added 17 points and 10 assists and the Oklahoma City Thunder ran away from the defending Eastern Conference champions in the second half Sunday for a 102-74 win in Oklahoma City.

“We’re not a good basketball team right now. I’ve been saying that, but nobody’s listening,” Van Gundy said. “We’re totally predicated on shooting. We do not have any kind of defensive mind-set, we don’t have much toughness and we’re not very smart. So, right now we’re not a very good team.”

The Magic played for the fourth time this season without All-Stars Vince Carter (ankle) and Rashard Lewis (suspension), and also added Ryan Anderson (ankle) to their injured list. After a strong start, Orlando fell behind midway through the second quarter and never mounted a comeback.

Parker sidelined

Spurs guard Tony Parker is not expected to play today against Toronto because of a sore left ankle.

The Spurs said Parker’s injury was a mild sprain that could sideline him for a week.