NEW YORK \u2014 Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic was suspended one game without pay by the NBA for receiving his 16th technical foul of the season, the league announced Saturday.<\/p>\n
Doncic, the NBA’s scoring leader, got whistled for a double technical foul during the third quarter of the Lakers’ 116-99 victory<\/a> over Brooklyn on Friday night.<\/p>\n The Nets\u2019 Ziaire Williams was celebrating an offensive foul called against Doncic by gleefully screaming in Doncic\u2019s personal space. When Doncic reached out to push Williams\u2019 arm, Williams responded with a backhand swipe across Doncic\u2019s face.<\/p>\n Under NBA rules, a player or coach is automatically suspended without pay for one game when he receives his 16th technical foul during the regular season. For every two additional technical fouls during that regular season, they will be automatically suspended without pay for an additional game.<\/p>\n Doncic, who scored 41 points against Brooklyn, will serve his suspension on Monday when the Lakers host the Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was yelling in my face three times,\u201d Doncic said after the game. \u201cI just wanted to get out of there. It\u2019s a double tech, of course. What can I say? I didn\u2019t even talk. I just wanted to get out of there. (The referee) said my push was exaggerated, which (it) was obviously not. I don\u2019t know what else to say.\u201d<\/p>\n Officials reviewed the incident before issuing technical fouls to both players.<\/p>\n