{"id":706830,"date":"2026-04-09T19:40:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/706830\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:40:51","slug":"nba-fines-orlando-magic-25000-after-pistons-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/706830\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA fines Orlando Magic $25,000 after Pistons game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Orlando Magic<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000005\" data-name=\"Orlando Magic\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Orlando Magic\"><\/a> improved their record with a 123-107 win over the Detroit Pistons<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000014\" data-name=\"Detroit Pistons\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Detroit Pistons\"><\/a> on Monday night at the Kia Center in Orlando, Fla. <\/p>\n<p>However, the Magic are now going to pay a price as the NBA has handed down a suspension. The Magic have been fined $25,000 due to reporting Anthony Black<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-athlete=\"20003038\" data-name=\"Anthony Black\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Anthony Black\"><\/a> as \u201cOUT\u201d on the injury report, only to see him play and score 14 points in the game. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The following has been released by the NBA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yukZ6Nq5VX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/yukZ6Nq5VX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAPR\/status\/2042306242861789500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 9, 2026<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>Black had missed a month and the previous 16 games due to a left lateral abdominal strain. <\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Magic listed Black <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2026-04-06_12_45PM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">as out<\/a> on the initial injury report before surprisingly upgrading him to available less than two hours before tip-off. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anthony Black (left lateral abdominal strain) will be available to play tonight vs Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrlandoMagic\/status\/2041263387368104425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 6, 2026<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>Black, who had a <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/basketball\/video-anthony-black-dunk-grizzlies-players\/736437\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">viral dunk earlier this year against the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a><a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"nba\" data-team=\"20000021\" data-name=\"Memphis Grizzlies\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Memphis Grizzlies\"><\/a>, played 15 minutes and scored 14 points in the game, which had him third on the team in scoring. <\/p>\n<p>Black was the No. 6 overall pick by the Magic in the 2023 NBA Draft after playing college basketball at Arkansas. This has been the best season of his young career as he is averaging 15.1 points per game with 3.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Orlando Magic improved their record with a 123-107 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3779],"tags":[1130,7,48,6,47,76,3883],"class_list":{"0":"post-706830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando-magic","8":"tag-anthony-black","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-magic","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-orlando","13":"tag-orlando-magic","14":"tag-orlandomagic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116376452245148042","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}