Does the guy that recovered ball get credit for steal or original deflector of pass?

[3ba11]

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[Kblaze8855]

The person who tips it away gets credit if they follow the rules.

[3ba11]

The person who tips it away gets credit if they follow the rules.


What are the rules

[Kblaze8855]

A steal is credited to a player that legally takes the ball away from an opponent, intercepts a pass, or otherwise obtains possession on the ball following an opponent’s turnover (provided the ball has remained inbounds and the clock has not stopped). If a player deflects a pass or dribble and controls his deflection either away from an opponent or towards a teammate resulting in eventual possession for the defense, the player causing the deflection is credited with the steal. On this play, #11 in blue, Monte Morris, is credited with the steal since he deflected the pass in a controlled manner away from the opponent (even though Morris did not control the ball).”




https://videorulebook.nba.com/archive/steal-credited-to-defender-who-deflects-the-ball-away-from-opponent/


They give a little video example

[3ba11]

https://videorulebook.nba.com/archive/steal-credited-to-defender-who-deflects-the-ball-away-from-opponent/


They give a little video example


Interesting.. And the video provides a brief synopsis of the official ruling on steals, as follows:



“A steal is credited to a player that legally takes the ball away from an opponent, intercepts a pass, or otherwise obtains possession on the ball following an opponent’s turnover (provided the ball has remained inbounds and the clock has not stopped). If a player deflects a pass or dribble and controls his deflection either away from an opponent or towards a teammate resulting in eventual possession for the defense, the player causing the deflection is credited with the steal. On this play, #11 in blue, Monte Morris, is credited with the steal since he deflected the pass in a controlled manner away from the opponent (even though Morris did not control the ball).”


Since the deflector must "control his deflection either away from an opponent or towards a teammate", it seems like uncontrolled deflections go to the guy that recovers the ball, similar to rebounds where a tipper might not deliberately tip it to a teammate, so whoever picks up the ball gets the rebound, as NBA.com's video shows here of #14 Gary Harris:

https://videorulebook.nba.com/archive/rebound-defensive-rebound-of-unsuccessful-field-goal-attempt-initial-defender-does-not-deliberately-tap-ball-to-teammate/