LifeOnaPlate
Well-Known Member
Yes. If the ball is deflected with a downward force that is less than the upward force, the ball is still going to travel upwards. It will veer off slightly, but the motion of the ball will still be up. Some people where like "OMG the ball is going up and Hayward hit down, so it must be off DURANT!!!" which is just idiotic thinking.
The call was made on the floor as OKC's ball. The review was pretty inconclusive. I for one couldn't definitely say who the ball was off of. Like in the NFL, these cases needs clear video evidence to be overthrown. There was none.
Cool story, Bro. Watching the clip on my HD tv multiple times, slow-mo and freeze-frame, I saw conclusive evidence that, yes, it was off Durrant.