Los Angeles, CA - March 27: Lakers guard Luka Doncic, #77, celebrates a basket over the Brooklyn Nets in the first half at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles Friday, March 27, 2026. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Doncic suspended 1 game after receiving 16th technical foul

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Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic won't play against the Washington Wizards on Monday after being suspended by the NBA on Saturday.

The 27-year-old picked up his 16th technical foul of the season during Friday's game versus the Brooklyn Nets, triggering an automatic one-game suspension.

Doncic and Nets forward Ziaire Williams both received technical fouls following an altercation between the two in the third quarter.

The sequence that led to the double technicals for Luka Doncic and Ziaire Williams.

If Luka's technical foul (his 16th of the season), isn't rescinded like last time, by league rule he'll have to serve a one-game suspension Monday vs. Washington. https://t.co/Qjj7EOZcTB pic.twitter.com/esYjyebu9B
— Khobi Price (@khobi_price) March 28, 2026

"(Williams) was yelling in my face - three times," Doncic said postgame, according to ESPN's Dave McMenamin. "I just wanted to get out of there. It's a double tech, of course. What can I say? I didn't even talk. I just wanted to get out of there. And they said I pushed - my push was 'exaggerated,' which (it) was obviously not. And I don't know what else to tell you."

The six-time All-Star initially picked up a 16th technical last Saturday for exchanging words with Orlando Magic center Goga Bitadze, but the NBA rescinded it after the Lakers filed an appeal with the league office.

Doncic leads the NBA in scoring with 33.7 points per game, while the Lakers sit third in the Western Conference standings.