The Magic and Hawks both expected to take leaps into contention in the Eastern Conference this season, but when the two teams met on Tuesday night in Atlanta, they were both 3-4 and still trying to hit their strides.

One of the main reasons for optimism in Orlando was the acquisition of Desmond Bane in a trade with the Grizzlies , but the career 40.8% 3-point shooter has been ice cold at 28.6% to start the season. On Wednesday night, with the Magic once again struggling to score and trailing the Hawks by 14 in the third quarter, Bane's frustrations boiled over with a hard foul on Onyeka Okongwu in transition that earned him an ejection.

Bane was hit with a Flagrant 1 for the foul itself and then had a technical foul added for spiking the ball into Okongwu's head as he went to t

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