Overview
- League officials said Bane was penalized for “throwing the game ball with force at an opponent in an unsportsmanlike manner.”
- The sequence occurred with 6:13 left in the fourth quarter of the Knicks’ 106-100 win at Madison Square Garden, drawing a technical on Bane and a brief shove from Anunoby without further escalation.
- Anunoby downplayed the moment in postgame comments, offering, “I should have caught it,” after initially calling the play confusing but funny.
- This is Bane’s second such incident this season, following a Nov. 4 ejection in Atlanta after he spiked the ball at Onyeka Okongwu.
- Broadcasters Mike Breen and Clyde Frazier expressed confusion on air, and DeMarcus Cousins criticized the act on FanDuel TV; no additional league discipline beyond the fine has been announced.