Lakers' Luka Doncic says Magic player made explicit remark about his family

The Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic were progressive successful a heated clash connected Saturday night, which ended successful Luke Kennard hitting a game-winning changeable to springiness L.A. a 105-104 win.

In the midst of the contest, Lakers prima Luka Doncic picked up his 16th method foul of the play erstwhile helium got into it with Magic halfway Goga Bitadze. Doncic was chirping astatine Bitadze arsenic the 2 were moving down the level successful the 3rd quarter.

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Los Angeles Lakers defender Luka Doncic (77) controls the shot against the Orlando Magic successful the archetypal 4th astatine Kia Center connected March 21, 2026. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Images)

Doncic shed immoderate airy connected the incident.

"I'm decidedly hoping [it is rescinded]," helium told reporters aft the game, via ESPN. "Obviously, I fto my squad down getting that past tech. But honestly, I wasn't trying to. [Bitadze] said astatine the escaped throw, helium would f--- my full family. And astatine immoderate point, this is simply a hoops court. At immoderate point, I conscionable can't basal it. I got to basal up for myself. But I cognize I got to bash better.

"My teammates, I cognize they person my back, truthful I fto them down today. But hopefully, it gets rescinded."

Bitadze told ESPN and the Orlando Sentinel that Doncic cursed astatine him successful Serbian and helium conscionable repeated the aforesaid words astatine him. He explained that Doncic said thing astir his parent and helium repeated the aforesaid happening backmost to him.

Los Angeles Lakers defender Austin Reaves (15) shoots the shot past Orlando Magic halfway Goga Bitadze (35) successful the 2nd 4th astatine Kia Center connected March 21, 2026.  (Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Images)

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"I person each the respect for Luka and what helium has done," Bitadze said. "And I truly respect everybody's family. Where I travel from, it's truly ineffable and we truly respect each other's families, and I would ne'er straight accidental that. He conscionable said immoderate inappropriate things successful the Serbian language, which, I played successful Serbia, I understand.

"I don't cognize if helium knew I understood what helium said. So, I conscionable said it back. And it was thing towards his household oregon anybody. His family, I really, genuinely respect them."

If Doncic doesn’t triumph his appeal, helium volition beryllium forced to beryllium retired 1 crippled arsenic subject for hitting the 16-technical-foul threshold.

Los Angeles Lakers defender Luka Doncic (77) moves the shot past Orlando Magic guardant Jamal Cain (8) successful the 2nd 4th astatine Kia Center connected March 21, 2026. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Images)

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The Lakers are 46-25 and No. 3 successful the Western Conference.

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