Faried sets physical tone

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DENVER — Kenneth Faried would like to punch a hole in Mark Jackson’s theory that he’s a dirty player who tried to hurt Stephen Curry.
 
“We were just playing physical,” Faried said after setting the tone in Denver’s 107-100 win over Golden State that sent the series back to Oakland for Game 6. “They say we were playing dirty, but we were just playing physical. We were hitting them like they were hitting us.
 
“They’ve been hitting me and pushing me and shoving me the whole series,” Faried said. “I’ve been hit in the throat, got my hair pulled a couple of times. And I don’t say much. I just keep going. I might say, ‘Yo, ref, what about this play or that play?’ and they don’t really say anything. But, hey, when we do it, we’re playing dirty.”

 
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From Mark Jackson:

Jackson accused the Nuggets of trying to hurt Curry, his banged-up sharpshooter who was just 1 for 7 from long-range and finished with a series-low 15 points.

“Some dirty plays early,” Jackson said. “It’s playoff basketball, that’s all right. We own it. But make no mistake about it, we went up 3-1 playing hard, physical, clean basketball — not trying to hurt anybody.”

Jackson mentioned Faried setting some “great screens and some great illegal ones, too.”

“He did his job. Hey, I played with guys like that. They get paid to do that. Dale Davis, Anthony Davis, Charles Oakley. You get paid to do it. So give them credit,” Jackson said. “As an opposing coach, I see it, and I’m trying to protect my guys.”

Jackson complained about one screen in particular on Curry being “a shot at his ankle, clearly. That can’t be debated.” He added, “I got inside information that some people don’t like that brand of basketball and they clearly didn’t co-sign it. They wanted to let me know they have no parts in what was taking place. Let the best team win. And let everybody with the exception of going down with a freak injury, let everybody leave out of here healthy. That’s not good basketball.”