Seth Curry on Barton Brawl – The Nuggets Are "Sassy"

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Subsequently, Curry offended Nuggets' actions, particularly Barton's.

"He waited for a few people to stand between us, and when a few people were between us, he put his finger in my eye," said Curry about Barton. "You know what I'm saying, I can not let people put my fingers in my eyes.

"It's really sassy.They have some impertinent guys out there." And we can not afford that. "

The incident came after the Nuggets' center, Nikola Jokic, headed for the edge and was called for an offensive foul, forcing Collins to fall back on Barton's legs. Curry came to help Collins get up and pushed Barton out. Barton pushed back and the skirmish ensued.

Curry said that he was surprised that Barton was not ejected. Barton said that he did not think he would be suspended for the seventh game and had explained that he was just protecting himself against the danger of being hurt after Collins' fall.

"It's not an ox," Barton said. "I was not even looking for that – I was just trying to protect myself – I guess he thought I was trying to hold on to him and be hard." I was trying just to get out of the way before hurting me, he pushed me, I will not let anyone push me, but it's nothing. "

Craig found himself in the middle of Barton and Curry and Collins pushed Craig. Evan Turner from Portland then came and held Craig at bay. The officials took their time to review the game before distributing the compensating technical fouls with 6.16 to go and Portland already up to 104-90.

"I do not worry about the lack of fines," Barton said. "I will not do that. [there’s] no suspension of that. I think if I [did something to get] suspended, I would have probably been ejected. "

"It's a competitive basketball match," added Barton. "Some things will come in. If we're all friendly, it will not look like anyone trying to win."

It has been a series of second-round roller coasters between two competitive teams, and it seems natural that tensions have finally dissipated.

Damian Lillard scored six points and 32 points, while CJ McCollum added 30 points to Trail Blazers. Rodney Hood provided 25 decisive points to keep the Portland season alive.

"We are not giving up," said Enes Kanter of Portland. "I mean, it's one thing, we do not stop, I mean, we lost the fifth game because of what, [26] points? We know we can win there, we can beat this team. "

The Blazers won the second match in Denver 97-90. But the Nuggets will play a second consecutive game in their seventh playoff game at home, where they earned the league's best-of-34-7 record in the regular season. The Nuggets however know that they can not rely solely on the fact that they defeated the South Americans in the seventh game against the San Antonio Spurs, 90-86.