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During Sunday's game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Charlotte Hornets, Luka Doncic received his 16th technical foul of the season.
Unless the NBA overturns the technical, Doncic will be suspended for one game with the Mavericks, who are fighting for a playoff spot. The game was won by Charlotte, 110-104.
The technical foul occurred in the third quarter, when the Hornets led, 59-52. Doncic missed a fadeaway jumper from the baseline, then disputed a non-call, resulting in a technical foul call from the closest official.
After 16 technical fouls during the regular season, NBA players risk an automatic one-game ban. Doncic is also at danger of further sanctions as a result of the 16th technical. Every two technical fouls after the sixteenth result in another suspension without pay. Dallas' next game is against the Indiana Pacers on Monday.
Doncic's impending ban comes at a vital moment for the Mavericks, who are competing for a playoff spot. With the loss on Sunday, the Mavericks dropped to 36-39 and remained in 11th place in the Western Conference. Dallas would not be eligible for the play-in round, in which teams ranked 7-10 compete for the remaining two playoff places in each conference.
The Mavericks have been in disarray since acquiring Kyrie Irving from the Brooklyn Nets on February 5. They've gone 8-13 since the trade and have now lost four consecutive after Sunday's defeat. Sunday's defeat was the Hornets' second in a row. Charlotte is 14th out of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference despite missing its best player, LaMelo Ball.
Irving has appeared in 14 of Dallas' 19 games since being activated, including Sunday's loss to Charlotte. In Sunday's game, he had 18 points, four rebounds, and three assists, while Doncic had 40 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists. Irving also requested that a fan be evicted from Charlotte's Spectrum Center. What triggered Irving's request was not immediately obvious.
Dallas still has seven games left in the regular season. Sunday's game was the opening of a five-game Eastern Conference Road trip before the Mavericks return home to face the Sacramento Kings, Chicago Bulls, and San Antonio Spurs to finish the season.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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