APRIL 9: The NBA has rescinded Doncic’s 16th technical, and he will be eligible to play Sunday, tweets Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press.
APRIL 8: Mavericks star Luka Doncic received his 16th technical foul on Friday night against the Blazers and faces an automatic one-game suspension for the team’s season finale, according to Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News.
There’s a chance that the NBA could rescind the technical, which would allow Doncic to play in the finale, a home game against San Antonio on Sunday. Doncic successfully challenged one other technical this season and had it rescinded after a league review.
As ESPN’s Tim MacMahon relays, Doncic was upset about a non-foul call at the end of the first quarter after he was undercut from behind on a half-court shot attempt. He tried to make his case to the referee closest to him, and when that was ignored, he went to crew chief Tony Brothers and asked about the play, only to be T’d up.
“I asked him, ‘How is that not a foul? How is that not a foul?'” Doncic said, offering an explanation to Mavs VP of basketball communications Scott Tomlin. “He T’d me up. That’s unfair. That’s unfair.”
The impending suspension is significant because it could have a major impact on the Western Conference playoff seedings. Dallas is only one game behind Golden State for the No. 3 seed, but holds the tiebreaker — if the Mavs win their last two games and the Warriors lose at least one, the Mavs would jump up to No. 3. The Warriors have back-to-back road games against San Antonio and New Orleans this weekend to finish their season.
Doncic’s technical fouls will be reset when the playoffs start, so his pending suspension will only impact the seedings, not his availability for the postseason. If the technical holds up and he’s suspended, he’ll lose his game check worth $70,168, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks (Twitter link).
Chosen baby so mad he gets a T against a tanking team that he’s beating by 40. I think Luca is amazing, but please tell me how getting a T against this Blazers team makes senses. It doesn’t.
Say everything twice. Say everything twice.
I’m gonna go get the paper….get the paper
That was never a technical, he did nothing wrong & all right… SMH to the awful referees in the league!
Also, this 16 & you are out is gotta be the most stupid rule in the league, absolutely ludicrous!
But, again, I suppose the league must help GSW & their darling Curry, the apple of their eyes, even at the expense of a far superior player that is more entertaining to watch by the fans!
ha ha ha..You don’t watch much NBA if you think Warriors get help at the line. Curry gets held and pushed 10 x more than Doncic without ever getting a foul called. El Don your hatred for GSW is showing big time.
Hahahhahahahahahahahhahahahhaha!!!
Good one.
looks like somebody has a burner account.
Mavericks first need to get out of the first round. They’ll have a hard time beating Jazz/Nuggets.
Jazz can’t beat a good D-I team right now.
There are often fouls committed on very long takes that are not called by refs who seem to prefer turning around and ending the quarter instead of calling it. Too bad, I would like to see those shots get a better shot.
Tony Brothers is one of the more perplexing refs in the league.
That’s #16! Now he’s out. Ok. Fine.
But really, – it wasn’t dirty, just unnecessary. Luka was fouled from behind with an unnecessary move, with less than 3 seconds on the clock, and while taking a shot that didn’t have chance. And right in front of the ref! Tell me what’s going on here?!
Today’s N B A
Tony Brothers seems to have a thing with foreign players. He’s absolute murder on Jokic, too, to the point that it’s a meme among Nuggets fans.
Tony Brothers no refereeing ass has been after mavs all season he threw out kidd last week for absolutely no reason at all. He sucks as a ref
Finally some common sense, it was a missed call from the referees & he did absolutely nothing wrong to get called a T… just let the man play so we can all enjoy his magical genius!
convenient
The truth is always convenient, is just folks that hate it & don’t want no part of it, right?
Hot take: let the baby wonder have a hall pass
No
Technicals for Doncic!! Ever!
Somewhere in the world
Karl Malone is not impressed
And Sheed is laughing his ash off!
I’m amazed the NBA hasn’t rescinded this stupid rule. Let the refs have more power over the game. Yep, that’s what the fans want.