Doncic earned his 16th technical foul of the season, and will be suspended on Monday's game against Washington.
Luka Doncic is set to face a one-game suspension after reaching the NBA's technical foul limit on the Los Angeles Lakers' Friday home game against the Brooklyn Nets.
Luka Doncic
Luka Doncic
Luka Doncic
MIN: 35.91
PTS: 33.57 (56.66%)
REB: 7.84
AS: 8.31
ST: 1.62
BL: 0.54
TO: 4
GM: 61
The superstar recorded his 16th technical foul of the season. Unless the league rescinds it, he will not play in the Lakers' upcoming game against the Washington Wizards.
The two subsequently triggered a whistle from referee Sean Wright.
As it is, Doncic already evaded a suspension after the NBA overturned his past technical foul incident with Orlando Magic big man Goga Bitadze from last week. Both players engaged in heated words and eventually accused each other in their respective postgame interviews.
Doncic himself revealed that Bitadze cussed out and disrespected his family, while the Georgian big man denied the allegations of the Lakers guard and claimed that it was actually Doncic who started their verbal exchange.
If the NBA does not rescind the technical foul, Doncic would join Dillon Brooks as the only players this season who have been suspended for reaching the league's technical foul limits. The Slovenian superstar will be suspended for another game for every two additional technicals.
Los Angeles can only brace for the potential looming absence of Doncic, who has taken the lead for them all season with a league-leading 33.6 points in over 47 percent shooting with 8.3 assists, 7.8 rebounds and 1.6 steals across 61 games.
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