Luka Doncic just had his second technical foul of the season, initially called against the Miami Heat, officially rescinded. This is a big deal, especially with how often Doncic and the officials seem to clash on the court.
Doncic’s History With The Whistle
Everyone knows Luka and the referees don’t exactly see eye-to-eye. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar has a reputation for getting into it with them, and it’s been a running theme. Last season, he even had to sit out a one-game suspension in March after hitting his 16th technical foul of the year. That’s a mark he’s reached in four different seasons! This year, through the first eight games, he’d actually been “relatively better behaved.” He only picked up one tech in the clash against the Golden State Warriors before this most recent one against the Heat, which, thankfully for him and the Lakers, got overturned.
Fans Are Fuming About Official Bias
So what went down with the Heat? In the second quarter of LA’s 138-117 win, Doncic expressively disagreed with a call, and BAM, a technical foul. He was seen protesting the decision right there on the court, even letting the official know he thought they wouldn’t have dared call that on any other star. Turns out, the fans agreed. When the news broke on Tuesday night that the call was being overturned, social media blew up with support for Luka and some serious shade thrown at the refs.
“This is the right call, but does the ref just get away with it now?” one fan asked, hitting on a key point. Another fan was already predicting big things: “Omg he really is gonna be MVP this year, even his techs are getting rescinded!” People are questioning the very nature of some calls, with one comment asking, “Since when is clapping tech-worthy, these refs have built-in Luka hate.” It’s clear fans feel a bias, as another wrote, “Every year he gets a lot of techs rescinded, it is kinda telling how biased the officials are against him.” Some even want accountability, with one fan demanding, “I need the ref who did it to come to the front,” and another appealed directly to the league: “You should publish what corrective actions you take on these incompetent referees.”
Even though Luka has his critics, the general feeling this time around is that the official flat out wronged him. Getting that technical rescinded is definitely good news for the Lakers star. Let’s just hope he doesn’t think of it as having an extra one in the bank!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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