Luka Doncic and referees, it’s a long and constant story. The subject comes up very regularly, and it’s almost a refrain from the side of Dallas. This season again, the Mavericks star has problems with the officials since he has already collected five technical fouls, in only thirteen games played.
A very high pace, which only Draymond Green dominates with six to his credit. “I deserved the last”he admitted after the game against the Clippers. “I spoke to the referee after his whistle. It is deserved. »
The problem is that once Luka Doncic takes his 16th technical foul, he will be suspended for one game. Then, as soon as he takes two, he will remain on the bench once again. So it can go fast…
“It’s something we’re going to have to talk about,” warns Jason Kidd at the Dallas Morning News. “I think he is aware of that. It has always been good to reach this figure, without exceeding it. »
In 2020/2021, the All-Star, who complains constantly to officials, had indeed taken 16 technical faults, then 17 last season. He therefore manages to calm down before the limit. He will have to because if he maintains his pace from the start of the season (a technical fault almost every three matches), he will be suspended for the first time in mid-January for his 16th, before missing six matches in the second half of the season.
And we saw in the loss against the Rockets, during which he was rested, how dependent the Mavericks are on the Slovenian…
| Luka Doncic | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 72 | 32 | 42.7 | 32.7 | 71.3 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 21.2 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 61 | 34 | 46.3 | 31.6 | 75.8 | 1.3 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 28.8 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 66 | 34 | 47.9 | 35.0 | 73.0 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 27.7 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 65 | 35 | 45.7 | 35.3 | 74.4 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 28.4 |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 13 | 37 | 49.7 | 29.1 | 76.7 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 34.4 |
| Total | 277 | 34 | 45.9 | 33.5 | 73.9 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 26.8 | |
