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For a moment, it looked like Orlando Magic star Desmond Bane was playing volleyball in the team’s 127-112 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday.

Bane was alone while trying to defend a fast break by Onyeka Okongwu with the Hawks up 79-65 in the third quarter.

Okongwu went up for a layup, but Bane refused to give up the easy bucket, so he fouled him and pulled him to the ground. As Okongwu fell to the floor, the ball floated in the air and Bane swatted it down off Okongwu’s head, much like a volleyball player executing a spike.

After a replay review, Bane was ejected from the game after being assessed both a technical foul and a flagrant foul 1 for his transgression. The 27-year-old said he didn’t intentionally aim to hit Okongwu with the ball.

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