Tuesday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder went off the rails for the Lakers once Luka Doncic was hit with a second technical foul and was ejected with 7:40 to go in the fourth quarter.
At that point, the Lakers led 108-107, and shortly afterward, Oklahoma City scored eight unanswered points and went on a 24-4 run, leading to a 136-120 loss for them. Doncic’s ejection looked very questionable — he was hit with that second technical foul for talking trash, but a replay clearly shows that he directed that trash talk to the crowd and not an opposing player or referee.
However, Tony Brothers, one of the officials who worked this game, claimed that Doncic “looked directly at an official and used vulgar language.”
Fans on X (formerly known as Twitter) didn’t exactly agree with Brothers.
Get rid of these refs NOW
— Tyler Herro Muse ☆ (@danhurleyuconn) April 9, 2025
— Emperor Lightyear (@clinkie44) April 9, 2025
And they wonder why ratings are down.
— B. Klaus (@B_Klaus) April 9, 2025
Ooohh… Tony Brothers… isnt this the ref that all the players hate?
— aimee (@aimee829) April 9, 2025
wild how refs can just lie and nothing happens to them
— ante (@Anteupped) April 9, 2025
The ref who he supposedly directed the language at was looking in the opposite direction and then called the tech lol. The replay showed it clearly.
— Kobe Cruz (@kobe__cruz) April 9, 2025
REFS = Rotten Egotistical Fraudulent Shills
— Austin Reaves’ Tanline (@austin_rizz) April 9, 2025
And no accountability…this will never end till they start getting fined which will never happen, this is a big reason why your league is on the decline @NBA
— Temp (@jmambax) April 9, 2025
This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: NBA Twitter is outraged after Luka Doncic’s ejection on Tuesday
Tuesday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder went off the rails for the Lakers once Luka Doncic was hit with a second technical foul and was ejected with 7:40 to go in the fourth quarter.
At that point, the Lakers led 108-107, and shortly afterward, Oklahoma City scored eight unanswered points and went on a 24-4 run, leading to a 136-120 loss for them. Doncic’s ejection looked very questionable — he was hit with that second technical foul for talking trash, but a replay clearly shows that he directed that trash talk to the crowd and not an opposing player or referee.
However, Tony Brothers, one of the officials who worked this game, claimed that Doncic “looked directly at an official and used vulgar language.”
Fans on X (formerly known as Twitter) didn’t exactly agree with Brothers.
Get rid of these refs NOW
— Tyler Herro Muse ☆ (@danhurleyuconn) April 9, 2025
— Emperor Lightyear (@clinkie44) April 9, 2025
And they wonder why ratings are down.
— B. Klaus (@B_Klaus) April 9, 2025
Ooohh… Tony Brothers… isnt this the ref that all the players hate?
— aimee (@aimee829) April 9, 2025
wild how refs can just lie and nothing happens to them
— ante (@Anteupped) April 9, 2025
The ref who he supposedly directed the language at was looking in the opposite direction and then called the tech lol. The replay showed it clearly.
— Kobe Cruz (@kobe__cruz) April 9, 2025
REFS = Rotten Egotistical Fraudulent Shills
— Austin Reaves’ Tanline (@austin_rizz) April 9, 2025
And no accountability…this will never end till they start getting fined which will never happen, this is a big reason why your league is on the decline @NBA
— Temp (@jmambax) April 9, 2025
This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: NBA Twitter is outraged after Luka Doncic’s ejection on Tuesday
