Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks has had plenty of reasons to be upset lately.
His team, which was surging just a few weeks ago, has now lost seven of their last ten games and are sixth in the West.
Additionally, Doncic got injured on Thursday night and might be sitting out of a few games.
Luka Doncic has 11 technical fouls this season. He’s 5 away from a one game suspension… with 33 games left in the season. pic.twitter.com/548BkBe6TT
— NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) January 26, 2023
But Doncic needs to watch himself and his temper when he is back on the court because he has been too emotional lately.
The MVP candidate, who has been known to have a short fuse, has earned 11 technical fouls so far this season.
That means that he is just five Ts away from serving a one-game suspension.
Considering there are 33 games left in the season, the chances of Doncic getting hit with a short suspension are very high.
Doncic has been known to push back against the referees during games, protesting many calls loudly and emotionally.
This leads to him receiving technical fouls and sometimes even getting kicked out of games.
Doncic has actually gotten better about this recently and has made an effort to keep his cool during these contentious moments.
But no one is perfect and Doncic is getting close to missing out on a game because of technical fouls.
This wouldn’t be good news for his Mavericks, who rely on him more than any other player.
There is no doubt that he’s the team’s most important star.
Any time they lose Doncic, they face a huge challenge.
Thursday night was the first time in ages that the team was able to achieve a victory without Doncic, who exited the game after just three minutes in the opening period.
The Mavericks need Doncic and that means he needs to watch himself.
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