In the midst of his historic 32-point, 30-rebound game, Dwight Howard picked up a technical foul for arguing about an uncalled foul when his shot was blocked.
NBA:
Five players have been suspended 11 times under NBA’s current technical-foul policy, which went into effect before the 2005-06 season and suspends players one game for their 16th technical and another game for every other subsequent tech each season.
The full list of suspensions:
- Rasheed Wallace 2006-07
- Rasheed Wallace 2006-07
- Stephen Jackson 2008-09
- Dwight Howard 2010-11
- Dwight Howard 2010-11
- DeMarcus Cousins 2013-14
- Blake Griffin 2013-14
- DeMarcus Cousins 2015-16
- DeMarcus Cousins 2016-17
- DeMarcus Cousins 2016-17
- Dwight Howard 2017-18
The Hornets are already out of the playoff race, and Howard will serve the suspension against the tanking Grizzlies tonight. He loses $162,069 in salary, but the effects of this suspension are relatively minimal.
However, Howard will miss his first game this season. Playing all 82 games would have been quite an accomplishment at this stage of his career.
