Luka Doncic receives one-game ban from accumulating too many technical fouls

[p]NBA rules require any player or coach be automatically suspended for one game once he is whistled for his 16th technical foul during a regular season.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doncic-luka/pQ4ZBK0o/"]Doncic[/a] would be banned an additional game for every two more technical fouls he receives during the remainder of the campaign.[/p][p]The 27-year-old Slovenian tops the NBA in scoring with 33.7 points a game and ranks third in assists with 8.2 per contest.[/p][embed guid="51de109c-aba0-414a-98f4-f1d5ce20de4c" url="https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/2038019942423908382?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Doncic has sparked the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-lakers/ngegZ8bg/"]Lakers[/a] to a 48-26 start and third place in the Western Conference.[/p][p]Doncic received his most recent technica foul with 5:12 remaining in the third quarter of the Lakers' 116-99 home victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brooklyn-nets/bsAMUpDO/"]Brooklyn[/a] on Friday.[/p][p]He will serve his suspension on Monday when the Lakers play host to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/washington-wizards/W6vGWPsn/"]Washington Wizards[/a].[/p]