More injury reporting shenanigans.
Shams Charania
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The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 for violating injury reporting rules when they listed Joel Embiid as "out" against the Atlanta Hawks on Nov. 30 and he subsequently played.
Question: does the league care about this stuff more for competitive integrity purposes, or to satisfy bettors?
Great question.
the bettors obviously. you can bet on it 
Somewhere way down on the priority list are the people paying stupid amounts of money to go see the games in person. Including a premium on bigger ticket teams / players.
Broadcasters too. There should be some pressure on teams to play the players that can play. It hurts the broadcasters if teams rest a top player. But as to last minute changes to the injured list, bettors yes, there is a competitive aspect in terms of the other team also. They can't let this be the wild west.
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