Loss of $264,000! NBA Official: Doncic Receives 16 Technical Fouls, Will Face One Unpaid Suspension Game

On March 29 Beijing time, the NBA officially announced that Los Angeles Lakers guard Doncic, having accumulated his 16th technical foul in the 2025-26 season, will be suspended for one game without pay. Salary expert Marks indicated that this suspension will cost Doncic 1/174 of his season salary, approximately $264,000. This time, Doncic's technical foul was not rescinded.

According to NBA rules, when a player or coach accumulates their 16th technical foul during the regular season, they are automatically suspended for one game without pay; thereafter, for every two additional technical fouls accumulated, they face an additional automatic one-game unpaid suspension.

Doncic received his latest technical foul during the Lakers' 116-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets at Crypto.com Arena on March 28, when he clashed with Zavier with 5:12 remaining in the third quarter. He will serve his suspension on March 31 when the Lakers host the Washington Wizards at home.

After yesterday's game, a reporter asked Doncic: You received your 16th personal technical foul. What happened during that sequence?

Doncic responded: "He got up close to my face three times, I just wanted to walk away, and then they called a double technical foul. I didn't even say anything, I just wanted to leave. They said I pushed him, but it was clearly exaggerated, I really didn't do that. I don't know what else to say."