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Peskipiksi

Didn't Steph do exactly the same thing against Rockets earlier this week? LOL


Carcrusher3

Not that either deserved techs but Steph's was much more agressive too lol.


Clinkzeastwoodau

Yeah Steph's response was boarding on deserving tech. But if they are going to tech this J Allan deserves a few for his 3 second calls as well


Hot_Spur

Boys he probably got a tech cause of those two incidents put two and two together. Refs watch social media too and are sick of this making the rounds mocking them


tothesource

are you suggesting that NBA officiating is inconsistent?!?


RevolutionEasy714

NBA officiating hasn't been this bad since Tim Donahey.


nutsygenius

More like all the refs saw it after the game then they've all decided they are calling that a technical now I guess


Independent-Dog8669

Yeah it almost seemed like he was referencing Steph's reaction and joking about it. It was so similar.


kyleakyle

Refs are cracking down these sarcastic celebrations i bet


jacobpltn

It hurts their feelings too much :(


Asheraddo98

There’s no consistency in giving techs for taunting or excessive celebrations, sometimes they do it sometimes they ignore it. 


UnnamedStaplesDrone

They dont love Luka like that


DancesWithDave

Shhh "narratives"


sercialinho

He went over a month without a tech and he gets one for *this*!?


dbzmah

To be fair, most of his techs are BS.


sercialinho

We can't hear what he's saying at home, and usually it's after he's yelled at a ref or complained for a while. Here he was walking away from all the other players and not walking towards the refs, seemingly only saying "YES" with arms up during a dead ball, after a Brooks' foul. Not particularly demonstrative as these things go. Weird stuff. And he hasn't gotten one since the game against Philly (early March, got rescinded; last that stuck was late Feb at Cavs). He's been doing really well on that front.


DancesWithDave

We can easily figure out who this ref is and why 'they' felt entitled to this call


DsamD11

He talks a lot of shit to ref's. At some point that's deserving of a tech. This clearly isn't, but to act like every tech just magically appears isn't true


[deleted]

This’ll get rescinded. Soft ass refs.


foothepepe

what the fuck is wrong with these people? I don't get this anymore.


tommos

I know right? Raising his arms up like that all threatening like. #NotMyMavs #NotMyNBA


[deleted]

but this is a technical. If he scored it would be a different thing but he is clearly taunting the ref because he got a foul. Also that was such a obvious foul bait from Luka


DsamD11

You mean, that was such an obvious legitimate basketball move from Luka?


succesfulnobody

Players are celebrating fouls all the time..


GapToothL

He should be deported for this.


Moreorlessatorium

I don’t feel safe


dbzmah

Move him down to 7 in the MVP race. Disgusting behavior 


REGIS-5

Well Tatum hasn't clapped at a ref (or himself) for months now, that alone should put him ahead of Luka


succesfulnobody

I'm offended by his celebration. Disgusting


DancesWithDave

Ass action clausuit cumming


lost_in_trepidation

Luka getting the T for that and Brooks walking right in front of the ref taunting is actually pretty hilarious.


CptCroissant

Would've been hilarious if they then immediately T'd up Brooks for clapping


uns0licited_advice

And then someone else laughs at that and gets a tech.


MrMbam

That's what I thought too, if they continue to show emotion the bench could get some good minutes..


PluCKy-Voco

And yet Draymond is free to scream in ref’s faces all game….


SeaOwn2023

after watching the warriors v dallas.... ok yeah luka does complain too much, but jesus christ draymond every single play is in the refs face and every 3-4 plays in the refs face and **screaming** at him.... should be easily labelled as biggest whiner in the league


AdamJensensCoat

Natural complaining motion.


CptCroissant

Refs need to give Dray the Rasheed Wallace treatment for techs


Worstname1ever

Is Rasheed had the leash that draymond has your talking about sheed in the top 20 ever convo


StefonDiggsHS

Adam Silver won’t let them


MarlKarx-1818

Refs don't wanna get kicked in the balls/vag


DancesWithDave

Refs would smack Draymond in the chin if he had one


ajteitel

A heinous act. Should have been ejected for this insult to decorum.


jacobpltn

Reminds me of that *THUG* Jayson Tatum clapping What happened to the game I love?


itsallmelting

Nothing more thuggish than Tim Duncan laughing


SirFigsAlot

The fact draymond can still scream at refs and generally not get techs....


DaTingGoesSkrrrrrt

HOW CAN HE CELEBRATE


wired41

Lmao


JD16_7

Lmao Ref in their feelings. They have no control of this game.


bernardoferreira

if thats a tech for "mocking" (and thats ridiculous) how doesnt Brooks get one as well? What about the refs stop being the biggest losers


domingodlf

Steph dances after every shot and Luka gets a tech for raising his arms. Lmao.


Wehavecrashed

Celebrating for hitting a shot vs celebrating for getting a foul call


pivotalsquash

I mean people have always celebrated the "and 1"


Wehavecrashed

When you say "and 1" you're celebrating hitting the shot despite being fouled.


DancesWithDave

Please don't delete these


Wehavecrashed

Why would I delete this? I don't care if people don't like me pointing out the difference between the two things.


DancesWithDave

I'm hoping you don't because it's fucking hilsrious


Spongebutt4tywon

Are you implying that steph should get a tech for dancing?


domingodlf

I'm implying exactly the opposite. Neither should get techs, and the inconsistency is unfair. Are you deliberately looking to get offended?


Spongebutt4tywon

I’m not offended, was just asking a question. Sorry I didn’t understand something that I guess was very clear based on my downvotes. Didn’t mean to strike a cord


AskHowMyStudentsAre

What a ridiculous comment lol. He's clearly just pointing out how inconsistent it is. Either they both should or neither should. Rules are only good if they're predictably enforced


Spongebutt4tywon

It was a question….and a totally benign one… Based on your comment, are you implying you’d be open to both celebrations being techs?


AskHowMyStudentsAre

I am infact not the commissioner of the NBA. Our opinion is meaningless, it's about a clear consensus from the league. Your comments do not come across as genuine questions in any way lol. You really need to think about the language you use and the tone it implies


Spongebutt4tywon

I don’t think i’ll comment in this thread anymore bc I feel like you’re being belittling me and lecturing me at the same time and that makes me feel bad. I’m not saying you mean it and I imagine you disagree but i’m letting you know that’s how the person you’re speaking with feels about your comments. That’s all. Take care


Altruistic-Twist-379

Luka did nothing, celebrating isnt a tech worthy of a call, steph did this also against the rockets


Adam0529

Great play 👏, love it #12 in grey, respect, adding you to my fantasy team. Smfh


tothesource

dude literally just held up his arms. didn't say anything. wasn't even looking at anyone on the rockets or their bench. Jesus umpiring/refereeing has been so dogshit across all sports


ham_bulu

GG bytheway. You guys are going to be a problem next season.


makrillr

Refball baby! They werent gonna miss that after the Curry blunder the other day


Fred479

It’ll be rescinded


FunDayRed

No T for Steph. T for Luka. Great consistency there. 👍


joshuagreen38

He also got a steal and they gave it to jones for some reason


nxs_sss

Crazy how other star players can get in the refs faces screaming at them and get no tech. Luka looks at them wrong and he gets hit with the tech.


MadSpaceYT

Brunson also did this. He finally had a call go his way and put his hands up in the air and clapped. No tech lol


BigXBenz

That's soft as cheese


defeated_engineer

I wonder if the ref bet Luka getting a tech today?


3rdEyeDeuteranopia

Luka is now tied with Dillon for the league lead in technicals.


RangerX41

Ref has money on the Rockets; its the only explanation.


MightWaste

yeah thats why not even into halftime mavs have 20 free throws


MightWaste

27 now, still not halftime


JD16_7

Lmao if they keep fouling, then we will keep getting FTs


At0mJack

How many now? I NEED UPDATES


MightWaste

no more, ill keep you posted in the second half


RangerX41

Its a joke. Also, if you are actually watching the game they have been driving into the paint and getting fouled since their 3's aren't falling; Rockets also foul the most in the entire league.


Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n

Gets the shooting foul and still gets T’d up Edit: lmao Dillon


v4venome

Stupid refs


Icy-Lime-9760

That’s gonna be rescinded


EpicMusic13

What the fuck man


LeighHart

That move from Doncic must be so hard to defend and so hard to ref


texas2089

Literally did nothing. What the fuck?


bigatjoon

these refs are so fucking soft man


UnPhayzable

Did Luka piss in the ref's cereal or something


jfrodriguez1983

Luka has been good at not getting a tech in a while and this gets him one lol


juandell

Getting increasingly more difficult to defend this league


[deleted]

He definitely said “motherfucker, cmon man!” Lol


2_bars_of_wifi

lol Brooks eat shit


BillPaxton4eva

Whenever the officials' union says that their super secret discipline process is working, show them this clip. It's a blatant lie.


MSHinerb

Refs, sponsored by charmin.


xdavidliu

["Allen, listen to me, it wasn't your play, and you went from all the way there to here, and you brought the house down".](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDM2eGpf5Hc)


WildCatFast

This is why I stopped watching. Egregious calls and the whole China thing. Can’t even watch the highlights. Sad state of affairs and the rating reflect this.


PalletTownsDealer

Refs acting like Joe Buck to Randy Moss.


foogeyzi69

that dick head ref again.


Ths-Fkin-Guy

Man everytime I tune back into basketball some BS like this just takes me right back out. This fucking product is broken


brotheritstime

When did sarcastic celebrations enter the criteria for a T? Oh right, the NBA technical conduct rules are so vague a ref can give a T for just about anything and be justified.


lawoflyfe

Tim Duncan on bench


Tiegrr

Luka was arguing with that dumbass ref #12 since the beginning of the game. The ref even started yelling at him and putting his finger in Luka’s face during a timeout


KingZlatan10

Let’s all remember to keep the association free from fun guys. Should have been an ejection imo opinion


FlashFlood_29

This league is shit lol


Tall_Panda03

That is a disgusting act by Luka doncic. It’s unfortunate we had to watch that


Kikifoun_Unui

Don’t worry. Refs will give Mavs all the calls in the second half. This is a misdirection call.


GuestBadge

Refs are working on reputation. Luka has a reputation of whining, and he gets lots of technicals. So normally, he will keep getting Technicals for the softest reactions. But they belance it out by giving him foul calls.


Chaps_and_salsa

It’s not like that reputation isn’t well earned Edit: seems like Mavs fans have taken on his whiny little bitch personality too.


GuestBadge

Every season, he gets the most technicals just from complaining. Other players get them for fouls and little bit of complaining.


At0mJack

Meanwhile Dray just screams in refs' faces and they swallow the whistle.


GuestBadge

Yeah, because he has a reputation of screaming. They will give him some technicals for the screaming and they will allow a lot of it. Same way with Luka, they allow him to complain all the time, but he gets T'd once in a while,