Luka Doncic fined $50k for 'inappropriate' gesture towards referee

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doncic-luka/pQ4ZBK0o/"]Doncic[/a] thought [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-knicks/WCNO4nbt/"]Knicks[/a] forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diawara-mohamed/xp8OZv8J/"]Mohamed Diawara[/a] should have been assessed an offensive charge foul in the third quarter. Instead, the Slovenian star, who was knocked to the court on the play, was whistled for a blocking foul.[/p][p]Doncic was sprawled on his back when he looked at the closest game official and rubbed his fingers together, seemingly indicating the referee was paid off.[/p][embed guid="134dde01-00b1-4f64-978e-085365e56be7" url="https://x.com/LegionHoops/status/2031424089760625141?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Doncic has had plenty of run-ins with officials this season. As of Tuesday, he had picked up 15 technical fouls, one away from an automatic one-game suspension.[/p][p]With 18 games left in the regular season, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-lakers/ngegZ8bg/"]Lakers[/a] are fifth in the Western Conference.[/p]