Can basketball be oval in hot weather?

In this case, you can play basketball.

Although basketball will become oval in hot weather, it doesn't mean that you can't continue to play basketball. In fact, as long as the inner liner of basketball is not broken, it can still be used. However, it will be found that the performance of basketball after deformation is different from before, for example, the jumping power may be weakened, or the rotation speed may be slowed down.

Basketball may become oval in hot weather, because the inner liner of basketball is made of rubber, which will soften at high temperature. When the basketball liner becomes soft, the shape of the basketball will change and become oval.