Kobe Bryant is just a couple technicals away from a suspension

With a couple dozen games to go, Bryant is two technicals away from earning a suspension. You get a one-game ban on the sixteenth, then an additional game for every two techs thereafter. He’s flirted with that number before without actually crossing it, and he’ll have to lock it up again to avoid further diminishing the Lakers’ chances of making the playoffs.

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