Mark Jackson accused the Denver Nuggets of taking cheap shots at Stephen Curry during the Golden State Warriors' loss in Game 5.

Jackson said that Denver people warned him of what would take place with "inside info".

"They tried to send hit men on Steph," said Jackson. "It wasn't magic, they outplayed us."

Curry agreed that he seemed targeted by the Nuggets.

Kenneth Faried responded to accusations from Jackson with a similar sentiment.

"They play dirty every night. They have targeted me," said Faried.

Curry, visibly frustrated following the game, also engaged in a verbal altercation with a fan while exiting through the tunnel.

Mark Jackson was asked on Monday to respond to Jason Collins' disclosure of his status as a gay man.

Jackson, who works for openly gay team president Rick Welts, has received attention for his ubiquitous Christianity as head coach of the Golden State Warriors.

"As a Christian man, I have beliefs of what's right and what's wrong," replied Jackson. "That being said, I know Jason Collins, I know his family and I'm certainly praying for them at this time."

Jackson was asked if Collins would be welcomed on the Warriors.

"If he had game. If he could help this team. Right now, he can't help this team."

Welts spoke to the media after Jackson.

"(Collins) absolutely will receive more opportunities," said Welts. "More doors will open than close."

The NBA community has been overwhelmingly supporting of Collins' announcement to Sports Illustrated.

ESPN's Chris Broussard said some players he spoke to told him privately that they might be uncomfortable playing with Collins.

Jarrett Jack and his agent have re-enforced to Golden State Warriors management that he wants to re-sign with the organization this offseason, when the guard will become a free agent.

"Hopefully, I can stay right here," Jack said. "I told my agent. I’m sure he spoke to the powers that be that I have desires to stay right here and help this franchise grow to the best of its ability.

“I think it’s just a perfect marriage. My teammates, the camaraderie we have, I like my role. I like what I’m able to bring to this team. Could I go somewhere and it would be bigger, but we might not be playing for as much? I try to make it a perfect marriage. The economics, that’s going to take precedent at times, but you also want to be happy. That’s the most fulfilling thing I have playing on this team.”

Jack has been a vital reserve for the Warriors all season and is averaging 19.7 points and eight assists in three playoff games.

"Could I go somewhere else and [start]? Yeah," Jack said. "But I like who we have here. I like the role that I’m in and am comfortable in. If it’s able to work out, I would love to be back here.”

Stephen Curry acknowledged his sprained left ankle is worse than originally thought, but said he "probably" would be able to play when Golden State hosts the Denver Nuggets on Friday in Game 3 of their opening round playoff series.

"There's nothing I can do right now, just try to manage the swelling and hopefully get it right by tomorrow night," Curry said. "I still have a little ways to go, but it should it should be all right."

Curry is getting intensive treatment on the ankle.

"It kind of acted up overnight after the game, and it was a little worse than I thought it would be since I was able to finish the game,” Curry said. “It's responded pretty well over the last day of treatment so I expect the same by (Friday) night."

The way in which Mark Jackson mixes his role as head coach of the Golden State Warriors with his ubiquitous Christian faith has been a topic of media conversation in recent days following a story by Mercury News' beat writer Marcus Thompson III that was referenced during ESPN's telecast of Game 1.

The Warriors have several players who identify themselves as Christians, most notably team leaders Stephen Curry and David Lee.

Jackson was asked on Thursday whether he treats non-Christian players equally.

"(Jesus) didn't just hang around a bunch of Christians," said Jackson. "He hung around everybody."

The response echoed what he told Thompson.

"It's who I am," Jackson said. "I've watched people overcome, I've watched people accomplish, I've watched people bounce back -- all because of the Word. I've watched it work powerfully in my life. Why not use it? If I can use John Wooden's seven steps, then why can't I use Christ's words?"

Last year, Jackson was the victim of an extortion plot last year with a former stripper he admittedly had an extramarital affair with. Jackson also brought a close friend named Warren Braithwaite, who was later arrested on drug-trafficking charges, to the press conference in which he was introduced as head coach of the Warriors.

Phil Jackson coached in the CBA and was an assistant coach for several years before finally receiving the opportunity to become head coach of the Chicago Bulls.

His path is far different than Mark Jackson, who had zero coaching experience before becoming head coach of the Golden State Warriors.

"I have some problems with guys going directly from the (television) booth to coaching, without any preparation," said Phil Jackson, who worked his way up from coaching in minor-league outposts like Albany and Puerto Rico. "It's not that easy. Doc Rivers did it, and other guys have done it, and I think Mark was prepared to do that, but it's still a shock, so to speak - the practice, preparation and the whole nine yards, when you've been sitting on the observing end of it. ...

"But I hold nothing against Mark for having the opportunity."

Andrew Bogut and Carl Landry played just 53 minutes together during the regular season, which is a low output for two of the Golden State Warriors' top seven players.

Landry's success this season has come when paired with David Lee, who is out for the season with a torn hip flexor.

Bogut was limited by injury, but the fact that the Warriors held him and Landry to just 53 minutes nevertheless is a clear indication they concede the pairing is far from optimal.

Landry will likely assume a bigger role for the Warriors with Lee out.

David Lee had played the last two weeks of the regular season with a considerable back pain, which he didn't want reported.

Lee tried to conceal an ice pack he uses during game stoppages with his shooting shirt.

"The only other option was to not play, and you guys who know me know that was not something I was even considering," said Lee.

Lee tore his right hip flexor when he attempted to draw contact from JaVale McGee on a drive that seemingly could have comfortably resulted in a layup.

David Lee tore his right hip flexor in Saturday's loss by the Golden State Warriors to the Denver Nuggets and is out for the season.

While x-rays on Saturday were negative, an MRI on Sunday revealed the complete Grade 3 tear.

Lee was playing his first game in the NBA Playoffs after being in the league since 2005.

The Warriors are in their first postseason since 2007 and trail the Nuggets 1-0.

Monta Ellis broke his ankle in a moped accident in 2008 shortly after signing a six-year, $66 million contract extension.

Ellis received support from then-general manager Chris Mullin, but the Warriors wanted him to return an additional $500,000 beyond the nearly $3 million he had already agreed to.

The situation revealed the developing rift between Mullin, former owner Chris Cohan and former team president Robert Rowell.

Mullin left the franchise in May of 2009.

"Chris Mullin, he had my back 100 percent," Ellis says. "And they jerked him off. Then when they jerked him off because he was sticking up for me as being a guy who made a mistake or a young man who made a mistake, when they did that to him, I was totally off the organization then. There wasn't nothing I could do then, because who could I trust? The people that I could trust in the organization, you had just sent them away. It was a dark cloud from then on with the owner in that organization there."

The Warriors were eventually sold to a group led by Joe Lacob in 2010. Ellis was traded in a deal for Andrew Bogut at the 2012 deadline.

"The thing is with that, you trade me, you didn't let my agent know that you were going to trade me," he says. "The killing thing about that, I'm in Sacramento, the trade deadline is going on and I talked to them. We talked to them. They said, 'You're not getting traded. You're not going anywhere. Get ready for the game.' I'm cool with that. We were just two games out of the eighth spot for playoffs. We rolling. Everybody's jelling. We good. I get from the hotel to the gym. I'm getting dressed, the next thing you know, it comes on the bottom of the screen. One of my teammates sees it. I say, 'Nah, I ain't getting traded. They said I'm not getting traded.' At the bottom of the screen, it comes across again. I'm fitting to go out there and work out for the game. Then Mark Jackson brings me back, he tells me, 'Well, they didn't want me to tell you, but I'm going to be a man and tell you we traded you.' Those were his exact words."

Lacob was subsequently booed at Mullin's jersey retirement in Oakland during the next week, at least in part because of the unpopular decision to trade Ellis. Other reasons that played a part were the new ownership's clear wishes to relocate to San Francisco, as well as guaranteeing a playoff spot before the start of the season.

"After everything I've done for that organization, playing through injuries, going out there every night, competing every night, leaving everything on the floor, for them to do me the way they did, it stung a little bit," Ellis says of the trade. "At the same time, I put some dirt on it and moved on."

Ellis seems to prefer the culture with the Milwaukee Bucks over the Warriors.

"The difference here?" Ellis says. "You've got guys over here that actually play hard. Over there, guys didn't play hard. They didn't play hard at all. They make it out to seem like 'Monta was the selfish guy. He was always the one complaining.' But if you look at it, I was averaging five or six assists throughout my whole career, top five in steals for at least six of the eight years I've been in the NBA. What more can I do? Everything was pointed at me. Everything was pointed at Monta. But what more you want me to do? You had [me] guarding the best player every night. There's nothing else I can do."