Welcome to the NBA, Yaxel Lendeborg.The Warriors rookie wasted no time making enemies in his first professional game on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena, going back-and-forth with Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doni several times in the first half before ultimately receiving a technical foul with 22.4 seconds left in the second quarter. Yaxel picks up his first tech in the NBA pic.twitter.com/0PRvxWAMA4
— GSWNetwork (@gswnetwork_) October 22, 2026 After guarding Doni on a missed 3-pointer, Lendeborg had something to say to the Lakers guard. It wasn’t their first interaction of the night, but the No. 11 overall pick still got T’d up. Yaxel Lendeborg’s first NBA tech pic.twitter.com/Vwyl6wHUiy
— aly (@jinthirty) October 22, 2026 The two were going at it long before the technical, too. Yaxel had some words for Luka pic.twitter.com/drsOk7IQNM
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) October 22, 2026 Lendeborg certainly poked the bear, and he got an earful from Doni after he sank a buzzer-beating half-court shot to end the half, giving him 23 points and...