DENVER -- For Thursday night's Game 6 between the Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets, both the scene and the tone will shift.

Following Denver's series-saving Game 5 win, Warriors coach Mark Jackson accused the Nuggets of dirty play and attempting to take cheap shots at Golden State star Stephen Curry.

"They tried to send hit men at Steph," Jackson said in his postgame news conference following the Warriors' 107-100 loss Tuesday night at the Pepsi Center.

"There were some dirty plays early," Jackson said. "It's playoff basketball. It's all right. Make no mistake, we were up 3-1 [in the series] playing hard, clean physical basketball, not trying to hurt anybody."

Curry concurred with his coach.

"There were a couple of plays I was cutting down the lane and I'm not really involved in the play, and somehow I get an elbow to my chest," Curry said.

Jackson took umbrage with one particular play involving Curry.

"[The Nuggets took] a shot at his ankle, clearly," Jackson said. "That can't be debated."

Curry has a history of ankle injuries and is playing through a sprained left ankle suffered in Game 2 of the first-round series.