1. Bad angle
2. Even Ben says he didn't get in.
3. It doesn't matter anyway. The Hawks didn't play well enough to win and would have lost even if the game were not marred by inept officiating.
No, he said he told coach at the time that he didn't think he had gotten in.
Honestly, he's probably the worst judge of whether he made it or not. He was putting his head down and driving -- and then was driven back. He really had no way of knowing how far he'd gotten. That's the linesman's job, and he got it right, even if he did hesitate.