Overview
- Dončić and Orlando’s Goga Bitadze were hit with double technicals with 1:19 left in the third quarter in Orlando, after warnings for continual taunting noted in crew chief Marc Davis’ pool report.
- The Lakers appealed immediately after the game, and on Sunday the NBA announced both technicals were rescinded following league office review.
- The reversal keeps Dončić at 15 technicals for the season, so the automatic one-game suspension at the 16th technical is not triggered.
- Dončić said Bitadze made a vulgar family-directed remark in Serbian, while Bitadze denied targeting his family and said he repeated words he heard from Dončić; coach JJ Redick highlighted that referees could not understand the language used.
- Los Angeles won 105-104 on Luke Kennard’s last-second three for a ninth straight victory, with Dončić posting 33 points to extend his dominant run.