Lakers are appealing technical foul called on Luka Doncic on Saturday
The Lakers have reportedly appealed a technical foul called against Luka Doncic on Saturday, which was his 16th this season.
The Los Angeles Lakers won their ninth straight game on Saturday over the Orlando Magic in dramatic fashion, as reserve guard Luke Kennard made the game-winning 3-pointer just before the final horn. But that win was marred by the fact that Luka Doncic was assessed his 16th technical foul of the season. He received that technical foul in the third quarter when he and Magic big man Goga Bitadze had a verbal exchange.
Per NBA rules, when a player receives his 16th technical foul of the season, it triggers an automatic one-game suspension for him. Per Dave McMenamin of ESPN , the Lakers are appealing that technical foul. "The Los Angeles Lakers have already appealed to the NBA to rescind Luka Doncic's technical foul from L.
A. 's 105-104 win on Saturday, a team source told ESPN, while Doncic and Orlando Magic center Goga Bitadze offered differing accounts of what led to the tech being called," McMenamin wrote. Doncic was asked after the game what happened during that exchange.
"I'm definitely hoping [it is rescinded]," Doncic said after the game. "Obviously, I let my team down getting that last tech. But honestly, I wasn't trying to.