There was some concern after the Los Angeles Lakers 105-104 win over the Orlando Magic on Saturday because Luka Doncic was assessed with his 16th technical foul of the season. NBA rules stipulate that a player’s 16th technical foul of the season triggers an automatic one-game suspension, and thus, it looked like Doncic would be unavailable to play on Monday versus the Detroit Pistons.
The Lakers appealed that technical foul, which was given when Doncic and Magic big man Goga Bitadze exchanged some trash talk. Luckily for them, the technical foul was rescinded by the NBA, which means Doncic will be able to play against Detroit.
The Lakers are on a nine-game winning streak and are 4-0 on their current four-game road trip. They will conclude this road trip on Wednesday against the Indiana Pacers before returning home to host the Brooklyn Nets on Friday.
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Doncic is averaging 33.4 points on 47.6% field-goal shooting and 36.7% 3-point shooting, 7.9 rebounds, 8.4 assists and 1.6 steals a game this season.
This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: NBA has rescinded Luka Doncic’s 16th technical foul of the season