Here is the opening to my Thursday column about Mark Jackson and the Warriors:
OAKLAND – For a no-excuse coach, Mark Jackson sure had lots of excuses after the Warriors lost to Denver on Tuesday night.
Read what Jackson said after Game 5. He was referring to a hard foul Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried laid on Stephen Curry. Jackson thought Faried intentionally went after Curry’s ankle:
“I’ve got inside information,” Jackson said, “that some people don’t like that brand of basketball, and they clearly didn’t co-sign it, so they wanted to let me know that they had no part in what was taking place.” He also said the Nuggets sent “hit men” at Curry — “hit men” is plural.
Jackson makes two provocative points. 1) The Nuggets played dirty in the game, and they did it continually. 2) Someone who matters, almost surely a Nuggets player or assistant coach there on the court, didn’t approve.
If you can interpret Jackson’s words another way, please tell me.
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