The NBA has rescinded the technical foul assessed to Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic late in the second quarter of Monday’s 138-117 win over the Miami Heat, the league announced.
The decision reduces Doncic’s season total from two technical fouls to one.
Doncic had not been whistled for a technical in his first four games. Monday’s technical was his second in three games, before the league’s ruling.
Doncic’s Stance on Technicals
Doncic said on October 21 that he was focused on avoiding them. “This season,” he said, “I’m trying to not get techs.”
Under league rules, a player receives an automatic one-game suspension and a $5,000 fine if he is whistled for 16 technical fouls during the regular season.
Doncic has reached that threshold in four of his eight seasons in the league. Last season with the Lakers, he served a one-game suspension during the team’s 120-101 victory over the Washington Wizards on March 30.