Desmond Bane will have to cough up $35,000 after launching a ball at OG Anunoby during the Knicks’ 106-100 win over the Magic on Sunday.

The Orlando guard was dinged for “throwing the game ball with force at an opponent in an unsportsmanlike manner,” the NBA said in a release on Monday.

Bane hucked the ball at Anunoby in the fourth quarter after the Knicks star was blocked on a layup attempt at the basket and Bane corralled the ball in bounds.

AP

The situation would have made some semblance of sense had Bane been trying to save the ball or maintain the Magic’s possession of it by throwing it off Anunoby, but Bane was in bounds and not off balance.

Bane was given a technical foul for the fourth quarter incident and some pushing occured, but the situation never escalated further than th

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