{"id":240449,"date":"2026-03-28T05:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240449\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T05:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:40:07","slug":"lakers-luka-doncic-facing-suspension-again-after-16th-technical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240449\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers’ Luka Doncic facing suspension again after 16th technical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For the second time in less than a week, Luka Doncic<\/a> faces a one-game suspension because of technical foul accumulation.<\/p>\n

Only a week after Doncic\u2019s 16th technical foul was rescinded<\/a> by the NBA, the Lakers<\/a> superstar picked up another one in a 116-99 win over the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> on Friday and is in line to miss the Lakers\u2019 next game against the Washington Wizards on Monday.<\/p>\n

In the third quarter with the Lakers trailing by one against the lowly Nets (17-56), Doncic was called for an offensive foul against Nic Claxton<\/a> as the Lakers (47-26) were trying to inbound the ball after a dunk by Ziaire Williams<\/a>. After the Lakers turnover, Williams and Doncic appeared to exchange words with Doncic pushing Williams aside with one hand. Williams then flailed his arms behind him and slapped Doncic in the throat.<\/p>\n

Doncic finished with 41 points, eight rebounds and three assists in the win.<\/p>\n

Both were assessed technical fouls with 5:12 remaining in the third quarter, and Williams\u2019 hit was reviewed for a possible flagrant, although it was not upgraded.<\/p>\n

The NBA requires players to sit out for one game without pay after their 16th technical foul of the season. But Doncic avoided that fate after the NBA rescinded the foul<\/a> that would have forced him to the bench for a critical road game last week.<\/p>\n

Doncic picked up his first 16th technical foul last week<\/a> against the Orlando Magic after getting into an argument with Orlando forward Goga Bitadze. Doncic claimed Bitadze directed a vulgar comment about Doncic\u2019s family in Serbian toward the Lakers star guard. Bitadze refuted the story, saying it was actually Doncic who said the curse word out loud first and that he was only repeating what he heard.<\/p>\n

The NBA rescinded both fouls upon review the following day.<\/p>\n

Doncic, the NBA\u2019s leading scorer, has scored 30 points or more in 12 consecutive games, the longest such streak in his career. He has 43 30-point games this season, tying Elgin Baylor and Jerry West for sixth-most in a season by a Lakers player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second time in less than a week, Luka Doncic faces a one-game suspension because of technical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[108114,423,104754,48,52,51,1415,47,50,49,7551,129,108115,20518,278,108116,39538,14921,430,27721,104354],"class_list":["post-240449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-16th-technical-foul","tag-game","tag-goga-bitadze","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lakers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-luka-doncic","tag-nba","tag-offensive-foul","tag-orlando-magic","tag-season","tag-serbian","tag-suspension","tag-third-quarter","tag-week","tag-word","tag-ziaire-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}