OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It’s official: Rick Carlisle isn’t just an Indiana Fever fan. He’s a fan of the WNBA game in general.

The Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder combined for 53 fouls in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, and officials handed out a pair of flagrant fouls and two additional technical fouls in a whistle-heavy,

The Pacers scored just 17 points in the fourth quarter during their Game 4 loss to the Thunder Friday. The Indiana Pacers fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-104 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals Friday night, which evened the series at two games apiece as it heads back to Oklahoma.

If there's undue slander against an individual in the NBA community, one can always rely on the Pacers head coach to set the record straight.

Charles Barkley joked about the Knicks' coaching search strategy by making a direct reference to the Pacers' head coach Rick Carlisle.