{"id":688439,"date":"2026-03-30T18:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/688439\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:21:21","slug":"lakers-luka-doncic-wont-play-monday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/688439\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers\u2019 Luka Doncic Won\u2019t Play Monday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) reacts during the second half against the Brooklyn Nets at Crypto.com Arena.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a77cc8b5712811aafefcaed63d1fec26.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) reacts during the second half against the Brooklyn Nets at Crypto.com Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers will play without superstar Luka Doncic on Monday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Doncic will serve a one-game suspension from the NBA and lose $264,000 in salary after picking up his <a href=\"https:\/\/lasportsreport.com\/lakers\/251969\/luka-doncic-dealt-nba-punishment-after-latest-technical-foul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:16th technical foul of the season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;16th technical foul of the season&quot;}\" class=\"link \">16th technical foul of the season<\/a> on Saturday while playing the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Doncic and Nets forward Ziaire Williams received double techs in the third quarter of Saturday\u2019s game. A video review showed Doncic push Williams after a play, then Williams hit Doncic in the chest while walking away.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) drives against Brooklyn Nets forward Ziaire Williams (1) during the second half at Crypto.com Arena.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e7dce79e9b74ddf6f9e30b7738129f37.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) drives against Brooklyn Nets forward Ziaire Williams (1) during the second half at Crypto.com Arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t even talk. I just wanted to get out of there. They said my push was exaggerated, which [it] was obviously not,\u201d Doncic said to reporters after the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mcten\/status\/2037759157919678573?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:per ESPN\u2019s Dave McMenamin on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;per ESPN\u2019s Dave McMenamin on X&quot;}\" class=\"link \">per ESPN\u2019s Dave McMenamin on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic will be eligible to play in the Lakers\u2019 game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday. But he will continue to be at risk of suspension for the remaining seven games of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>NBA Rescinded Doncic\u2019s 16th Tech From Last Weekend<\/p>\n<p>Doncic almost earned a one-game suspension last weekend when he received a double tech for an altercation with Orlando Magic center Goga Bitadze\u00a0on March 21.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA <a href=\"https:\/\/lasportsreport.com\/lakers\/251661\/nba-rescinds-lakers-star-luka-doncics-16th-tech-ahead-of-mondays-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ultimately rescinded;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ultimately rescinded&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ultimately rescinded<\/a> the double tech, which made Doncic eligible to play in the Lakers\u2019 game against the Detroit Pistons on March 23.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: William Liang-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) reacts during the second half against the Brooklyn Nets at Crypto.com&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,247,160,188,7236,4034,1698,300,4044,251,150,4033,4043,368,152,6,76,3209,4610],"class_list":["post-688439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-lakers","tag-basketball","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-california","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-goga","tag-la","tag-la-lakers","tag-lakers","tag-lalakers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleslakers","tag-luka-doncic","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic","tag-usa","tag-ziaire-williams"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116319517790375395","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688439","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=688439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}