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The Los Angeles Lakers escaped with a 105-104 win against the Orlando Magic, courtesy of Luke Kennard’s game-winning 3-point shot. But the game could cost them as they travel to face the Detroit Pistons on Monday. Luka Doncic committed his 16th technical foul of the season, triggering an automatic suspension unless it is overturned, something Lakers head coach JJ Redick is hoping will happen.

After the Lakers’ win against the Magic, Redick revealed what caused Doncic’s technical foul and why the team plans to appeal it with the league.

“We’ll obviously try to cancel it out,” Redick said during his postgame press conference. “There were some things that were said in reference to Luca’s mother in a language that the referee could not understand.”

Doncic also explained the situation, noting that Goga Bitadze crossed a line when he said he should have done better for his teammates.

“You know, I let my team down by getting that last one. But honestly, I wasn’t trying to do that,” Doncic said. “He said if we don’t do it, he’ll kill my whole family. And at some point, you know, it’s a basketball court. At some point, I can’t stand it anymore [by]I have to stand up for myself. But I know I have to do better. My teammates, I know they support me. So I disappointed them today.”

“He (Goga) said he would kill my entire family. And at some point, I can’t bear it. I have to stand up for myself.”

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If the technical foul is not cleared, the Lakers will be without their star as they take on the Eastern Conference leading team. Doncic’s interactions with referees have been a topic of discussion throughout the season. According to the NBA rulebook, Doncic will be suspended for every two technicals picked up after 16. The Lakers have 12 regular season games remaining.

Once the playoffs begin, the technical foul count is reset, but the suspension trigger is set to seven.

Doncic’s condition has deteriorated amid technical problems. He has propelled himself right into the middle of the MVP race with the Lakers holding the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. Their win against the Magic was their ninth consecutive, and they extended their lead over the No. 4 seed Houston Rockets to three games.

Doncic finished with 33 points, giving him the NBA’s longest active streak of scoring 30 or more points in consecutive games.

Coming into Saturday’s game, Doncic had appeared in 58 games at a rate of just over 35 minutes per game. He averaged a league-leading 33.4 points, 7.9 rebounds, 8.4 assists and 1.6 steals with splits of 47.7 percent shooting from the field, 37 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 77.2 percent shooting from the free-throw line.

He also led the NBA in shot attempts at 22.5, 3-point shots at 4.0, 3-point shots at 10.8 and free throw attempts at 10.4.

As the Lakers now head to Detroit, they will wait to see if the NBA will take action after what was revealed about how the entire situation erupted.

As Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen suffered an injury in Wednesday’s practice, there was some talk about the NBA possibly taking a deeper look at the situation with the team at the forefront of tanking speculation. While there were rumors that the NBA sent doctors to confirm Markkanen’s injury to the Jazz, the latest reporting has cleared up all the details.

Tony Jones of The Athletic originally reported that the league was “sending out independent doctors for verification.” He would say on Twitter, formerly of Twitter, that it would not happen, but that the NBA would monitor the results, although that is “standard practice.”

“I’m told Lauri Markkanen is getting his MRI, so the Jazz should have results. The NBA is evaluating the results as standard practice. They did not send medical personnel to Utah. I got that part wrong. I’m sorry,” Jones wrote Thursday afternoon.

Utah is one of several teams accused of tanking, with the franchise even fined $500,000 for what the NBA said was “the management of their roster for recent games.” This included hitting key Jazz players such as Markkanen, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic in the fourth quarter when the games were close.

Jazz’s Lauri Markkanen awaits MRI results

Shortly afterward, it would be revealed that Jackson and Nurkic would miss the season due to knee and nose injuries, respectively. According to Kevin Reynolds of The Salt Lake Tribune, Markkanen will receive an MRI on his right ankle and right hip to determine the severity of his injury.

“Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen may miss some time after suffering a concussion during practice on Wednesday,” Reynolds wrote Wednesday. According to a source with knowledge of the situation, “Markkanen will be evaluated for a right ankle and right hip injury. The 7-foot player will undergo an MRI to determine the severity of the injury.”

Markkanen is averaging a team-high and career-best 26.7 points, along with 6.9 rebounds per game, while shooting 47.7 percent from the field and 35.5 percent from three-point range. It remains to be seen what the MRI results say about Markkanen.