{"id":691924,"date":"2026-04-01T13:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/691924\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:38:22","slug":"dillon-brooks-nears-second-suspension-after-banter-with-paolo-banchero-as-suns-star-returns-vs-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/691924\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Brooks Nears Second Suspension After Banter With Paolo Banchero As Suns Star Returns vs. Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dillon Brooks invites trouble on his return! The usual suspect\u2019s early antics tonight may end up costly for the Phoenix Suns<\/a>, as the team\u2019s little advantage over the Play-In contenders hangs on a thin thread. 89 seconds into their matchup against the Orlando Magic, Villian Dillon collected two fouls and a technical foul. That will be his 17th tech this season.<\/p>\n

With Brooks collecting his 17th technical foul, it\u2019s worth examining the NBA\u2019s rulebook to see if a suspension is imminent.<\/p>\n

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No, Dillon Brooks won\u2019t serve a suspension for his 17th technical foul; he would instead pay a fine of $5,000. You might wonder howLuka Doncic ended up missing a game<\/a> while Brooks gets away with a fine. That\u2019s what the rules say. So, according to NBA playing rules, a player would serve a one-game suspension after their 16th foul and a fine on the 17th foul.<\/p>\n

Following the 16th tech, the league would suspend the player for one game for every subsequent two techs. Which means the league would suspend Dillon Brooks if he gets his 18th tech. And yes, he was suspended after the 16th foul on February 19th. Moreover, in the following game against the Magic, he fractured his left arm and missed the next 18 games.<\/p>\n

On his return against the same team, just over a minute into the first quarter, the ref blew the whistle and slapped a tech on Brooks for hollering at Paolo Banchero. It\u2019s understood that Villain Dillon wasn\u2019t impressed by the turnover the Magic forced on the previous play.<\/p>\n

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Before one could blink, the ref handed out two more techs, Devin Booker<\/a> and Desmond Bane each, as they tangled up, exchanging words during the brief pause. The latter techs may or may not have affected the game\u2019s result (Magic sealed a tight win), but Dillon Brooks\u2019 tech might ultimately doom the Suns\u2019 playoff hopes.<\/p>\n

Are the Suns in trouble as Dillon Brooks flirts with suspension?<\/p>\n

In the absence of Jalen Green, almost everyone wrote off the Suns from even making the top 10. It left the Suns with the same issue that they intended to fix in the offseason: a strong backcourt. However, Dillon Brooks emerged out of nowhere, producing a career-best season, averaging 20.7 ppg.<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s success was heavily dependent on the lethal forward\u2019s presence in the lineup. During his 18 games out, the team maintained a 9-9 record. His impact is clear, as the Suns\u2019 record is 30-21 when he plays. So, with only 6 games left and holding the 7th seed, the Suns can\u2019t really gamble with suspensions.<\/p>\n

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TheLA Clippers<\/a> and Trail Blazers<\/a> are only 3 and 3.5 games behind the Suns. Losing a streak of games could drag the Suns down to the 9th seed, leaving them no choice but to win 2 games to reach the playoffs. Hence, Brooks may need to slow down his methods in the next 6 games to secure the team\u2019s playoff spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dillon Brooks invites trouble on his return! The usual suspect\u2019s early antics tonight may end up costly for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,497,2292,1195,420,861,192,368,48,6,47,76,3883,402,472,2230,6445,3209,87313],"class_list":["post-691924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando-magic","tag-basketball","tag-desmond-bane","tag-devin-booker","tag-dillon-brooks","tag-florida","tag-jalen-green","tag-la-clippers","tag-luka-doncic","tag-magic","tag-nba","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlandomagic","tag-paolo-banchero","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-technical-foul","tag-the-suns","tag-usa","tag-villian-dillon"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116329730163860401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691924","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=691924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}