Overview
- With about six minutes left, officials reviewed Desmond Bane launching the ball into an out-of-bounds OG Anunoby and assessed a technical foul.
- Replays on the arena jumbotron ran repeatedly, and Bane was booed on every touch for the remainder of the game.
- Anunoby, in his second game back from a hamstring issue, called the moment funny and finished with 21 points and seven rebounds on 8-of-14 shooting.
- Bane, who was ejected earlier this season for a similar act against Atlanta’s Onyeka Okongwu, stayed in and posted 16 points on 7-of-15 shooting.
- Orlando lost Franz Wagner to a first-half lower-leg injury that will be re-evaluated after the team returns home, as Paolo Banchero recently returned from injury.