NBA has rescinded Luka Doncic's second technical foul from Tuesday's game

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A questionable call may have been what sunk the Los Angeles Lakers in Tuesday's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. With 7:40 left in the fourth quarter, they led 108-107 when Luka Doncic was given his second technical foul and ejected for allegedly directing what was termed "vulgar language" to referee J.T. Orr.

However, replays seemed to show that Doncic was actually talking trash to a fan in the crowd.

Indeed, the NBA has rescinded that second technical foul that was called on Doncic.

Via ESPN:

"The NBA rescinded the second technical foul Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic received during Tuesday night's loss to the Thunder.

"The league made the announcement Wednesday, less than 24 hours after Doncic was ejected in the fourth quarter of the 136-120 loss in Oklahoma City.

"Los Angeles led 108-107 with 7:40 left when Doncic was whistled for a technical foul by referee J.T. Orr, his second of the game. Doncic later said he was trash-talking with a courtside fan when Orr thought the Lakers star's ire was directed at him, leading to the ejection."

It just so happens that the fan Doncic was trash-talking ended up identifying himself.

"The fan, Jeremy Price, who referred to himself as 'The Courtside Tattoo Dude,' told ESPN that Doncic was shouting at him and not the referee.

"'During the game within the game, I mentioned that he was short [on his shot] and he missed it, and he turned around and he shot an expletive back and J.T. happened to see it and, at that point, T'd him up,' Price said Tuesday night.

"Price, who said he also jawed with Doncic last year during the Thunder's playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks, said Orr 'possibly' could have been mistaken as to whom Doncic was addressing.

"'That's probably why he picked up that technical, to be quite honest,' Price said."

Soon after Doncic was tossed, The Thunder scored eight unanswered points, and just like that, the Lakers lost control of the game.

They will head south to visit the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, which means Doncic will return to American Airlines Center for the first time since the trade that sent him from the Mavs to the Lakers on Feb. 1.

This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: NBA has rescinded Luka Doncic's second technical from Tuesday's game

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