{"id":683839,"date":"2026-03-28T09:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/683839\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:03:48","slug":"luka-doncic-faces-a-1-game-suspension-after-getting-his-16th-technical-foul-in-lakers-win-over-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/683839\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic faces a 1-game suspension after getting his 16th technical foul in Lakers’ win over Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 NBA<\/a> scoring leader Luka Doncic<\/a> is facing a one-game suspension after he received his 16th technical foul of the season while scoring 41 points in the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>‘ 116-99 victory over Brooklyn on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Doncic got whistled for a double technical foul with the Nets<\/a>‘ Ziaire Williams<\/a> in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Williams was celebrating an offensive foul called against Doncic by gleefully screaming in Doncic\u2019s personal space. When Doncic reached out to push Williams\u2019 arm, Williams responded with a backhand swipe across Doncic\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was yelling in my face three times,\u201d Doncic said. \u201cI just wanted to get out of there. It\u2019s a double tech, of course. What can I say? I didn\u2019t even talk. I just wanted to get out of there. (The referee) said my push was exaggerated, which (it) was obviously not. I don\u2019t know what else to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials reviewed the incident before issuing technical fouls to both players.<\/p>\n

Doncic has been building steam as an MVP candidate with a monumental scoring binge for the Lakers, who have won 11 of their last 12 as they streak toward the postseason in the third spot in the Western Conference standings.<\/p>\n

Along with his NBA-best 33.7 points per game as he closes in on his second scoring title, Doncic is third in the league with 8.2 assists per game. He is also second in 3-pointers made and first with 15 40-point games.<\/p>\n

He has been named the West’s player of the week in each of the past two weeks, and he has scored at least 30 points in 12 consecutive games, including a 60-point barrage in Miami \u2014 where fans serenaded him with \u201cMVP!\u201d chants \u2014 preceded by a 51-point effort against Chicago.<\/p>\n

NBA players are suspended for one game after picking up a 16th technical foul in a season. Unless Doncic’s technical is rescinded \u2014 and that’s unlikely given the circumstances, which included an in-game video review \u2014 he could sit out when Los Angeles hosts the Washington Wizards<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure we will appeal it,\u201d Lakers coach JJ Redick said. \u201cI didn\u2019t see it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doncic already had a technical rescinded last week after he was whistled for a verbal altercation with Orlando\u2019s Goga Bitadze. The league didn’t announce why that T had been rescinded, but Doncic said Bitadze had insulted his family in Serbian \u2014 and Bitadze denied it.<\/p>\n

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