technical foul

noun

Basketball.

a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of technical foul¹

First recorded in 1930–35

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After a review by the officials, Dunn, Powell and Braun were called for unsportsmanlike technical fouls.

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But no foul was called, drawing the ire of Jokic toward an official who issued the technical foul in a game that was getting tense and tighter as it went along.

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Orr ejected Doncic, who already had been called for a technical foul in the second half, after Doncic scored to put the Lakers up in the fourth and yelled in Orr’s direction.

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They pushed and shoved each other, getting technical fouls midway through the third quarter.

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His frustration boiling over, Musselman was called for a technical foul.

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