NBA playoffs 2014: Pacers go up 3-1, Clippers make it 2-2

Good morning. Let’s basketball.

THIS SERIES! OKC jumped out to a 22-point lead in the first ... but over the course of the game, L.A. came back, eventually winning 101-99 after a monster fourth. The recap explains how that happened. The Thunder got might uncreative down the stretch, so once again Scott Brooks is getting some derision.

After mostly dreadful offense in Game 3, both teams did get off to scorching starts on the offensive end in Game 4. The Pacers made six of their first seven shots and shot 60 percent in a 27-point first quarter, but the Wizards trailed by just one after shooting 57.9 percent themselves.

The game initially swung at the outset of the second quarter with primarily bench units on the floor. Harrington, Gooden and Miller keyed a 12-0 run to start the quarter, and Washington rode that momentum all the way into the half. Indiana managed just 11 points in the frame, and Wall capped off the half with a dynamite move set up by some excellent Wizards defense:

Charles Barkley will not apologize to the city of San Antonio for referring to the city’s women as fat, because he believes he’s just joking around.

The TNT pregame show had a tight shot of the announcer where it appeared he would apologize for his comments, but Barkley doubled down on his ridicule of the city. He complimented the Spurs’ basketball team, then went right back to calling the female population of the city “big old women” and telling viewers he’ll apologize “when hell gonna freeze over.”

Don’t do this, Serge Ibaka:

Just don’t. I know Blake Griffin is frustrating to defend, but just don’t. Ow.

3:30 p.m. ET, ABC

It’ll be a long afternoon at Staples Center if Durant is locked in. Again.

TV schedule: 8 p.m. ET, TNT

Radio: 1070 The Fan, WFED-AM 1500

TV schedule: 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC

Announcers: Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Heather Cox