Tuesday night’s Game 5 between the Denver Nugget and Golden State Warriors continued the trend of sensational playoff basketball between the two teams, but it will be the post-game ‘shenanigans’ that will steal the show.
Following the game, Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson and star guard Stephen Curry voiced their frustation with the physical play by the Nuggets, according to Tim Kawakami of the Mercury News.
Steph Curry definitely agreed that he thought Denver was targeting him. And he's absolutely fired up about it.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) May 1, 2013
Curry: "I understand if I'm going to the basket you want to give a hard foul, it's the playoffs… But there's a time and place."
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) May 1, 2013
Curry confirmed he was chirping out there, too: "Man, I'm not going to back down. It's fun, a fun atmosphere, fun type of basketball…
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) May 1, 2013
Denver Nuggets’ Javale McGee and Kenneth Faried responded that the Warriors were the ones playing dirty.
Center @JaVale McGee on Mark Jackson accusing #Nuggets of playing dirty: "If we played dirty, they must've played unsanitary."
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) May 1, 2013
"They play dirty every night. They have targeted me," Kenneth Faried responded to Mark Jacksons comments #Nuggets
— 9NEWS Sports Denver (@9NEWSSports) May 1, 2013
This has all the makings of an epic Game 6 on Thursday night at Oracle Arena.
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