Kevin Durant scored 28 points and Russell Westbrook added 17 points and 10 assists as the Thunder ran away from the defending Eastern Conference champions in the second half last night for a 102-74 victory 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.

“That’s a team that plays with great intensity. I would like to see our team play with that,’’ Van Gundy said. “We’ve had teams in the past the last couple years that have played with that. We don’t now. We play very soft and not with much intensity. Quite honestly, until that changes, we’re going to have a lot more games like that.’’

Oklahoma City raced out of halftime to score the first 8 points, and then added a 9-0 spurt shortly thereafter to push its lead to 72-49 midway through the third quarter.

The Thunder removed any doubt with a 10-point run in the fourth quarter. Coach Scott Brooks pulled the last of his starters after Durant’s 3-point play pushed the lead to 96-63 with just under five minutes left.

Suns 102, Wizards 90 - Phoenix came out in the daytime for the first time this season and proceeded to commit 16 first-half turnovers.

The Suns settled down, giving the ball away only five times in the second half to beat host Washington. The Suns improved to 6-1, matching the best seven-game start in franchise history.

“We just weren’t really fresh today,’’ point guard Steve Nash said. “Maybe it was the first day game of the season. We really didn’t have a great bounce to us, we didn’t really push the ball, we weren’t really aggressive to start. That was the difference.

Phoenix wraps up a five-game trip tonight at Philadelphia.

Pistons 88, 76ers 81 - Ben Gordon scored 23 points and Ben Wallace added 16 rebounds for Detroit, which held visiting Philadelphia without a field goal the final six minutes.

Wallace had seven of Detroit’s 21 offensive rebounds, and added three blocks and three steals. Charlie Villanueva added 16 points.

The Pistons’ Tayshaun Prince (back) missed his fourth straight game, while Richard Hamilton (twisted right ankle) was out for the sixth straight time. Coach John Kuester does not expect either to return within the next week.

Blazers 116, Timberwolves 93 - Andre Miller scored 21 points, and LaMarcus Aldridge and Travis Outlaw each had 19 as host Portland built a big first-half lead and routed Minnesota.

Miller scored 12 points in the third quarter. Aldridge was 9 for 9 from the free throw line and also grabbed 10 rebounds. Outlaw scored 12 of his 19 points in the second half.

Lakers 104, Hornets 88 - Kobe Bryant scored 28 points and Shannon Brown added 15 as host Los Angeles easily won its fifth straight game and second in a row without injured center Andrew Bynum (strained elbow) and forward Pau Gasol (hamstring).

Kings 120, Warriors 107 - Rookie Tyreke Evans scored 18 of his 23 points in the second quarter, helping host Sacramento win back-to-back games for the first time in nearly a year.