Doc was just upset, but you are right the call on the court was Thunder ball and it turns out that from the rule the call was right though Jackson touched the ball last. It appears that because Barnes slapped his hand the rule give the ball to the player whose hand was slapped even when the ball goes off on him.
Barnes hit Reggie's left hand. Ball supposedly went off Reg's right hand so rule doesn't apply.
When his hand was hit the ball was in both of Reggie's hands
Yes it was.... under that rule it was the correct call in my opinion, and definitely not the slam dunk bad call that Doc was ranting about.
NBA may have to ring Doc up for a fine for his misbehavior.
I see your point but on multiple occasions in the past, it has been called the other way. But now that OKC benefits, they apply the rule? That's fishy and crazy inconsistent. Doc shouldn't be fined; he just based his rants on previous experience with these calls. I'm sure he and his team, along with OKC, didn't know the exact rule.
Besides if Miami benefited from this, we wouldn't hear the end of it. But it's the lovable OKC so we need to come to their defense!! SMH. The refs didn't even address this rule, only some OKC fan dug it up on Twitter.
