Pacers G4 lost so badly, the referee s double-standard penalty caused controversy, and many reporters angrily criticized the game manipulation

On June 14, the Thunder narrowly defeated the Pacers with 7 points away and won the fourth game of the finals series. The series score was tied 2:2 and will usher in the Battle of Tianwang Mountain. However, the referee's penalty standards after the game caused huge heated discussion.

Before this game, the three referees who called this game were very unfavorable to the Pacers. In fact, the referee was Foster, who was a blessing to the Thunder. The Thunder basically never lost the playoffs after his call, and in the other two referees called the game, the Pacers basically lost the ending. Facing these three referees, the Pacers showed the momentum of fighting against the sky and the earth, fighting against the referee and the league in the first three quarters, and they were ahead of the first three quarters. I couldn't hold on in the fourth quarter and finally lost regretfully.

In fact, the Thunder's defense has always been controversial, especially Dort and Caruso are very good at judging the referee's standards. As long as the referee doesn't brag, they want to put their whole body on the opponent's players and frequently create physical confrontations to cut the ball. The same is true in this game. Dortmund threw Haliburton's elbow to the ground in the first quarter, and the referee was in front of him but had no expression, which also completely let the Thunder's defense go. Topin's foul Caruso was blew up as a level 1 vicious offender, which almost triggered a fight between the two sides, and the fans also shouted the black whistle in the audience.

In addition, the Pacers had multiple 3+1 hits and were not called, and many of the pulling moves were not called. When Alexander stood up at the last moment to take over the game, he basically used his elbow to create space. Even at the last moment, he kept joking with Mathering for a foul without the ball, for fear that the Pacers would turn the tables in the end. The Pacers will immediately get fouled, including many pick-and-roll fouls. Such double standards have also aroused dissatisfaction among many people, including several journalists from the Rockets and Celtics denounced it as an ugly game. The Pacers regretfully failed to continue their fighting spirit in the first three quarters and fell into a scoring drought in the last quarter. This was really a five-to-eight victory.