Spurs' DeMar DeRozan wants NBA to rescind taunting technical

Photo: Chris Young, Associated Press San Antonio Spurs' DeMar DeRozan shares a joke with the Toronto...

MIAMI – Spurs forward DeMar DeRozan wants the NBA to rescind the technical foul he received for apparently taunting Toronto’s Chris Boucher in the third quarter of Sunday’s 105-104 win over the Raptors.

After throwing down a vicious dunk on Boucher with 3:25 left in the third quarter, DeRozan’s momentum propelled him to the court along with the Raptors' 6-foot-10 forward, who was called for a foul. Before shooting the free throw, DeRozan had to untangle his foot from Boucher’s body, which took a few seconds and prompted DeRozan to look down at the fallen player.

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As he got up, DeRozan got hit with the T by official Gediminas Petraitis.

“I thought there was no reason for a technical foul, honestly,” DeRozan said after practice Tuesday. “I didn’t do nothing, I didn’t say nothing, I didn’t make any warm hand gestures or anything like that. So, it is what it is. Hopefully, I can get it rescinded.”

It was DeRozan’s team-high sixth technical of the season. The NBA fines players $2,000 for each of their first five technical in a season and $3,000 each for technical fouls Nos. 6-10.

DeRozan’s dunk on Boucher also resulted in a viral video featuring the reaction of Spurs reserve big men Drew Eubanks and Jakob Poeltl to the slam.

Eubanks covered his face with his hands and leaned his head onto the chest and shoulder of Poeltl, who had a look of stunned awe on his face.

“That was classic,” DeRozan said. “I might get that on a shirt. It was pretty cool."

Said Eubanks, “I just couldn't look at it anymore. It was a nasty dunk. I had to turn away. I had to go to Jakob."