Luka Doncic won't play for the Lakers against the Wizards on Monday night because of a one-game suspension he received for his 16th technical foul.
Two days with no games allowed the Lakers to fully reset as they prepare for the final stretch of the regular season and a playoff run. They have eight games left, starting with the NBA lottery-bound Washington Wizards at Crypto.
com Arena on Monday. The Lakers will play without star guard Luka Doncic because he’s serving his one-game suspension for reaching the league limit of 16 technical fouls. The Lakers had an early practice Sunday and that gave them a chance to make adjustments with fresh bodies and minds. “Yeah, for me, I think, based on all of them wanting to come in at 10 a.m. on a Sunday, I think it is as much mental and spiritual and emotional,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said after practice. “We didn't want to have these guys in here long today. But we got a lot done, watched some film and cleaned some stuff up. But there is these two days for us. It's a great reset for us.” Doncic got his 16th technical foul of the season Friday night during a win over the Brooklyn Nets after an exchange with Ziaire Williams, when both were given double technical fouls in the third quarter of that game. For Doncic, who earns $45.9 million per season, the suspension will cost him about $264,000. If he gets two more technical fouls between now and the end of the end of the regular season, he will be automatically suspended for an additional game. Doncic is eligible to return for the Lakers on Tuesday night when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers. “I mean, he's disappointed,” Redick said of Doncic. “He wants to be there for his teammates, and again, I've talked about this all year, like he plays. He's not a guy that takes games off. He can be banged up and he's gonna play. He was like that when I was his teammate in Dallas. For tomorrow, we've gotten, I think, some great contributions from guys that haven't necessarily been in the nine-man rotation when we've been fully healthy.” Redick spoke about how Bronny James, Jared Vanderbilt and Maxi Kleber have all had “good moments” when they were called on for duty. And with Doncic out, Redick said it will take a group effort to beat the Wizards. “But we're gonna need everybody tomorrow,” Redick said. The Wizards have the third-worst record in the NBA at 17-56. They are second to last in the league in points allowed, giving up 124 per game. Still, this is all about the Lakers and how they get ready for the playoffs during the final few games of the season . Half of the eight games are against teams with records below .500. The Lakers will face a Cavaliers team that’s making a push for better positioning in the Eastern Conference. They will twice face an Oklahoma City team that has the best record in the league and a Suns team that has a 3-1 record against the Lakers. “That's the thing I've talked about all year is you need great effort and you need great execution,” Redick said. “I think the effort part has been there very consistently for weeks now. Sometimes when the games are stacked together and travel and all that, there can be some small details, execution-wise, that can have slippage, and I think for us, especially on the defensive end, we can do some things better. But I mean, look, the last 16 games we are where we are because we've been really good on both ends.” Redick said guard Marcus Smart and forward Adou Thiero are in “that day-to-day camp” with their injuries. “So we’re just kind of waiting for them to feel like they’re good enough to go,” Redick said.
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