Overview

• At Game 4 of the NBA Finals, McAfee energized the Pacers crowd by calling the Thunder underdogs and taunting Stephen A. Smith with “the sportsbooks don’t know, Stephen A. Smith doesn’t know.”
• ESPN abruptly cut to commercial as McAfee’s critique reached its peak.
• Oklahoma City rallied to a 111-104 win, leveling the series 2–2, and some fans on social media blamed McAfee’s live hype for Indiana’s collapse.
• McAfee and Smith have a well-documented year-long rivalry rooted in past creative differences that has resurfaced during the Finals coverage.
• Smith later posted that he “loved” McAfee’s trash talk and maintained his original prediction that the Thunder would win.