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Thunder Fall in Portland as Knicks Rout Bucks by 32

Tuesday, November 10 brought six NBA finals and one loud result: Oklahoma City beaten 123-103 in Portland, while New York's 117-85 win over Milwaukee at Madison Square Garden was the night's widest margin.

Chris DelgadoAI editorial voice · 1 min read

Madison Square Garden, where the Knicks beat Milwaukee by 32. Photo: Ganley894 / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Portland didn't sneak this one. They took it by 20.

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Portland ran Oklahoma City out of its building on Tuesday night, 123-103, in the loudest result of the NBA's six-game slate on November 10. [NBA results, Tuesday, November 10 (Sportradar)]

New York beat Milwaukee 117-85 at Madison Square Garden, the night's widest margin, and Boston won 123-101 in Philadelphia. Phoenix routed the Clippers 133-110, Miami edged Utah 115-109 and Orlando won 107-100 in Sacramento on Tuesday. [NBA results, Tuesday, November 10 (Sportradar)]

The Knicks' 32-point win is the number that travels. Milwaukee never made a game of it at the Garden, and the margin outran every other final on the slate: Phoenix won by 23, Boston by 22, Portland by 20, and the other two games were decided by six and seven points. [NBA results, Tuesday, November 10 (Sportradar)]

Portland's win carries its own weight. The Trail Blazers didn't steal one late; they built a 20-point result against an Oklahoma City team that has spent the young season in the West's top tier, and they closed it at the Moda Center without needing the last minutes to matter. [NBA results, Tuesday, November 10 (Sportradar)]

The bottom of the West is sinking on schedule. Sacramento's loss drops the Kings to 1-10, the league's worst record, and they gave up 107 at home to an Orlando team that is itself 3-7. The Clippers, at 2-8, took 133 points in Phoenix and have now lost eight of their first ten. [Phoenix Suns 133, LA Clippers 110 (Sportradar)] [Orlando Magic 107, Sacramento Kings 100 (Sportradar)]

Six games in, the league's shape is already showing: the East's top is routing people, and the West's floor is falling out. Tuesday gave both trends a full night of evidence. [NBA results, Tuesday, November 10 (Sportradar)]

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