Three referees appeared before the game, and the Pacers were praised for not winning in the playoffs

In the first quarter of the game, when Mathering made a free throw, Dort swung his elbow to knock down Halliburton, and the referee did not make any calls.

G4 match in the Finals is a life-and-death battle for the Thunder. If the Thunder loses again in this game, they will return to the Thunder home court with a huge 1-3 gap. According to statistics, when the NBA league is behind 1-3 in history, the possibility of the team winning the championship is very small, only 2.78%. In the history of the NBA Finals, there have been 36 cases where the teams fell 1-3. Of these 36 times, only the Cavaliers in 2016 finally made a comeback and won the championship.

Before the game, the NBA officially announced the referee arrangements for this game, including referee Scott Foster, second referee Josh Tiven, third referee Sean Wright, and alternate referee Courtney Kirkland.

According to media statistics, when refereeing the Pacers in this season's playoffs, the Pacers' record was 0 wins and 4 losses.

, referee Foster called the Pacers to the G3 match against the Knicks, the Pacers lost 100-106, second referee Josh Tiven, and third referee Sean Wright in G3 match against the Cavaliers, the Pacers lost 104-126, and second referee Josh Tiven, in G5 match against the Knicks, the Pacers lost 94-111. Before the finals began, when the ESPN expert team predicted which team, as many as 27 experts predicted that the Thunder would win the championship, only 3 experts predicted that the Pacers would win the championship, and the Pacers responded with a 2-1 total score.