{"id":950891,"date":"2026-11-03T09:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/950891\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T09:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:12:13","slug":"luka-doncic-calls-out-nba-officials-for-biased-decision-during-lakers-vs-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/950891\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic Calls Out NBA Officials For Biased Decision During Lakers vs. Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luka Doncic<\/a> dropped yet another 40+ point masterclass tonight in the Lakers\u2019<\/a> 138-114 win over the Heat. In the second quarter, the Slovenian star was assessed a technical foul for clapping in reaction to an official\u2019s call.<\/p>\n

The live broadcast caught Luka Doncic\u2019s reaction to the technical foul: a candid conversation with the officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cI clapped. That\u2019s a technical?! Come on now, if it was anybody else, you know it\u2019s not a technical,\u201d said<\/a> Doncic, suggesting the superstar treatment works against him instead of getting calls in his favor.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Luka: \u201cI clapped. That\u2019s a technical?! If it was anybody else, you know its not a technical\u201d<\/p>\n

LUKA IS CALLING THE REFS OUT<\/p>\n

\u2014 \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc6e\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc8d\ud835\udc85 \ud83c\udfc6 (@PurpGoldLakers) November 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

This was Luka Doncic\u2019s second technical foul this season, after he paid a $2,000 fine for his first against the Warriors<\/a> earlier this week. After the game, Doncic spoke to the media and hilariously responded to the media\u2019s question about his technical foul with a simple eye-roll, a shrug, and a signal that he only clapped.<\/p>\n

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Luka wanted to answer more questions<\/p>\n

when someone asked why he got a tech\u2026well just watch til the end<\/p>\n

\u2014 Oh No He Didn\u2019t \ud83e\udd2f (@ohnohedidnt24) November 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Luka Doncic finished with 42 points, 13 assists, and seven rebounds, shooting 14-24 from the field (58.3% FG) and 6-15 from behind the three-point line (40.0% 3P).<\/p>\n

Over the last five games, Luka Doncic averaged 43.4 points, 8.6 assists, and 8.4 rebounds while shooting 53.2% from the field and 44.7% from the three-point line.<\/p>\n

During the postgame press conference, the Lakers\u2019 superstar also addressed his recent form, which has undoubtedly put him in the MVP conversation early in the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, when we win, it feels way better when it\u2019s the more important stuff. But obviously it feels good. If we win by 20 against a team like Miami, obviously it feels good,\u201d Luka Doncic said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know some people say it looks easy, but it\u2019s not. You have to read a lot of defense,\u201d Doncic later added.<\/a><\/p>\n

Luka Doncic led the Lakers past the Heat with yet another outstanding performance, continuing to make an early impression in the MVP race. His growing dissatisfaction with officiating, particularly after receiving his second technical foul of the season, remains a vital talking point.<\/p>\n

The Lakers will be hoping that Doncic can sustain this amazing form while controlling his emotions as the regular season goes on. They now face the Kings on Wednesday, November 4. It will be interesting to see how long Luka Doncic can keep up this streak of averaging over 40 points per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic dropped yet another 40+ point masterclass tonight in the Lakers\u2019 138-114 win over the Heat. In…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-950891","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\/950891","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=950891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}