By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 19:59 EST, 8 December 2025 | Updated: 19:59 EST, 8 December 2025
NEW YORK (AP) - 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.
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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New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby, left, and Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane, right, get into an altercation during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/John Munson)
New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby, left, and Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane, right, get into an altercation during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/John Munson)
Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane, center left, and New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby, center right, talk after an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/John Munson)