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Om Youngmisuk
Atlanta– orlando magic guard Desmond Bain were eliminated in the third quarter with a 127–112 loss atlanta hawks for a gross foul Onyeka Okongwu And an upcoming technical glitch.
Okongwu caught a long pass from down the court to Bain and was going for a layup when Bain caught Okongwu’s arm while going up for a flagrant foul. The Hawks’ big man fell hard to the floor and as the ball went up into the air, Benn threw the ball to Okongwu.
Bane was charged with a flagrant foul and a technical foul for directing the ball toward Okongwu with 5:24 left in the third quarter. The expulsion occurred after officials reviewed the play and an upset Ben disagreed and questioned the expulsion.
“Tough foul,” Benn said after the game. “I mean, we talk about it – no easy baskets. Nothing on the sideline. Show them the light. [on the ceiling] And hard fouls. I swiped at the ball, and the ball hit him and he made the same call he did.”
The Magic trailed the Hawks by 14 at the time of the ejection and trailed 85–65 at the 5:16 mark shortly after Benn’s ejection.
The loss snapped Orlando’s two-game winning streak and dropped it to 3-5. The Magic came into the season with high expectations after trading four unprotected first-round picks, plus a first-round pick swap. Kentavius Caldwell-Pope And cole anthony To Memphis in the offseason for Bane.
Benn left with nine points in 22 minutes. Orlando had difficulty stopping Atlanta, which defeated the Magic for the second time this season. But the win came without an All-Star point guard trey youngWho is out for at least a month due to a right MCL sprain.
“The turnover was not a defensive effort,” Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley said. “We let the offense dictate our defense. That’s on me. I didn’t do a good job of preparing these guys for this game tonight. Understanding how beautiful they were and so physical, knowing they were going to try to turn us over, I had to do a better job with this group of letting them know that.”
