{"id":549862,"date":"2026-03-28T05:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/549862\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T05:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:46:08","slug":"lakers-luka-doncic-could-get-1-game-ban-if-tech-upheld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/549862\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers’ Luka Doncic could get 1-game ban if tech upheld"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dave McMenaminMar 28, 2026, 12:51 AM ET<\/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

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LOS ANGELES — Just as Luka Doncic<\/a>‘s case for MVP was picking up steam, the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>‘ star was whistled for his 16th technical foul of the season in Friday’s 116-99 win<\/a> over the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> and will face a one-game suspension if it is upheld.<\/p>\n

Doncic and Nets forward Ziaire Williams<\/a> were assessed double techs with 5:12 remaining in the third quarter after jostling with one another following an offensive foul called on Doncic.<\/p>\n

A video review showed Doncic pushing Williams and Williams retaliating by swiping back at Doncic’s face. Both players were called for a technical foul by crew chief Sean Wright<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Doncic already picked up his 16th tech last weekend for verbally sparring with Orlando Magic<\/a> center Goga Bitadze<\/a>, but the NBA rescinded the techs on Doncic and Bitadze after the Lakers appealed to the league.<\/p>\n

Barring this tech also being rescinded — unlikely, considering the officials already reviewed the incident before assessing it — Doncic will serve the one-game suspension when the Lakers host the Washington Wizards<\/a> on Monday, having reached the suspension threshold.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Doncic was named Western Conference Player of the Week for the second straight week, averaging 39.5 points on 48% (38.6% from 3), 8.1 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.5 steals in his past 11 games, with the Lakers going 10-1 in that stretch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave McMenaminMar 28, 2026, 12:51 AM ET CloseLakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-549862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}