{"id":531706,"date":"2026-03-10T19:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/531706\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T19:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:51:08","slug":"lakers-doncic-fined-50k-for-money-gesture-toward-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/531706\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers’ Doncic fined $50K for “money” gesture toward official"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dave McMenaminMar 11, 2026, 04:51 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.
\nCovered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic<\/a> has been fined $50,000 for directing an “inappropriate and unprofessional gesture” toward a referee during the Los Angeles Lakers’ 110-97 win<\/a> over the New York Knicks<\/a>, the NBA announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

With 4:35 remaining in the third quarter Sunday, Doncic attempted to draw a charge on Knicks forward Mohamed Diawara<\/a> but was whistled for a blocking foul.<\/p>\n

While Doncic was on the floor after absorbing the contact from Diawara, Doncic rubbed his fingers together — making a money gesture — as he looked at official Tre Maddox.<\/p>\n

The fine makes up roughly 0.109% of Doncic’s $46 million salary this season.<\/p>\n

Doncic has had frequent run-ins with league officials this season, receiving 15 technical fouls called against him in 52 games played. If he receives a 16th tech, he will have to serve a one-game suspension.<\/p>\n

The Lakers (39-25) host the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> (40-24) on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave McMenaminMar 11, 2026, 04:51 AM CloseLakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-531706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}