In the middle of tonight’s nationally televised matchup between the Atlanta Hawks and the Orlando Magic, the State Farm Arena crowd was stunned, barely processing what they had just seen. Desmond Bane, one of Orlando’s calmer and more steady voices, suddenly became the center of chaos when one defensive play turned upside down, causing the shooting guard to be ejected from the game after officials reviewed the sequence.

The replay soon hit the Jumbotron. On a one-on-one fast break, Hawks forward Onyeka Okongwu drove right at Bane, attempting to dunk the ball. However, Bane fouled Okongwu hard, reaching across his arm and shoulder and pulling him down to the ground, and, in one heated move, spiked the ball off the head of the big man on the ground. The whistle came quickly, but the drama d

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