During the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-100 Game 6 win over the Houston Rockets, one late moment caught the eye of social media.
As Danilo Gallinari was at the free throw line, point guard Chris Paul was not looking at Gallinari. He was not looking at the rim. Instead, a screenshot that quickly went viral made it look like he was glaring in the direction of former teammate James Harden.
People quickly started making jokes, and it’s easy to see why. The Rockets traded Paul and draft picks so Harden could team up with Russell Westbrook instead, but in Game 6, Paul scored 15 fourth-quarter points while Westbrook was not good in the closing minutes.
its been 14 hours. Is this in a museum yet?
cc: @MuseeLouvre @metmuseum @LACMA pic.twitter.com/jR94ibvgMD
— Dunk Bait (@DunkBait) September 1, 2020
Before we go further, here’s the video of what happened.
This makes it more clear that Paul is actually looking out past Harden, not staring at him.
Jokes > Facts, but, the meme making the rounds was just a convenient camera angle again. pic.twitter.com/pFogEZiStV
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) September 1, 2020
But trolling is still fun, and the OKC Museum of Art got in on it.
They quote-tweeted the @DunkBait account’s post that asked if it was in a museum.
Yes. https://t.co/vccJYeE2sc pic.twitter.com/hteKJwzKYV
— OKC Museum of Art (@OKCMOA) September 1, 2020
Popular Twitter account @ArtDecider has yet to respond, but I think we can make the judgement for them in this case.
We deem it art.
Game 7 tips off Wednesday at 8 p.m.