NBA fines Magic’s Bane $35K for throwing ball at Knicks’s Anunoby
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New York Knicks guard Mikal Bridges, left, dribbles around Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/John Munson) (John Munson, Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
NEW YORK – The NBA has issued a $35,000 fine to Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane for forcefully throwing the ball at an opponent “in an unsportsmanlike manner.”
The league announced the fine Monday.
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The sequence happened on a transition play with 6:13 left in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s road loss to the New York Knicks. Bane grabbed a loose ball and rifled it at Knicks forward OG Anunoby, who was laying on the ground near the basket support, to trigger an out-of-bounds call.
The ball bounced off Anunoby’s back and Anunoby immediately got up and confronted Bane with a shove. Bane received a technical foul for the play.
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