Rockets development coach Irv Roland on Saturday disputed a report that Rockets guard Chris Paul booted Warriors star Stephen Curry off the court the night before the Rockets faced the Warriors in Game 6, saying there were no issues and that the two joked as Paul prepared to begin his usual workouts, adding that the entire exchange occurred a week earlier.

The Athletic reported that Paul arrived at Toyota Center on Thursday only after he heard Curry was using the Toyota Center court for shooting drills on Thursday, and “kicked Curry off the Toyota Center court.”

Roland, however, said they actually crossed paths on May 5, the night before Game 4, and that there were no issues with Curry’s time on the main floor, with Paul doing his usual lifting while Curry had the court before he and Rockets rookie Michael Frazier headed to the court for a workout.

“I’ve been here three years and we go to shoot the night before games quite often,” Roland said. “Never in my three years has a player been on our main floor shooting the night before a game. When we saw him out there, I contacted our equipment manager (Tony Nila) because they’re the ones that coordinate shooting times. He told me ‘we gave him the court at 6:45.’ We asked him how long they had the court for.

“When we finally went out there, Stephen cracked a joked with Chris. Chris said ‘let him shoot.’ It wasn’t like it was a confrontation. “Let him shoot. Let him finish what he’s doing.’ We didn’t kick him off the court. We didn’t even say anything. I wanted to know how long he was shooting because I had Chris with Michael Frazier and James Harden coming right after Chris. I wanted to know how long he was going to be before James left the house.”

The exchange seemed amiable with Curry joking about Paul shooting without a shirt and Paul saying he has to show off the weight room work while he can.

Roland said Paul never brought up how long Curry would shoot and that they had no issue with the timing, especially because the drills were so limited.

“Nobody said anything to them,” Roland said. “It wasn’t like we were doing full-court drills or a whole team practice. Also, we wouldn’t do that just because there are nights we might need to go to Oracle and shoot. That’s why it’s coordinated in the first place.”

According to the report in The Athletic, Curry referred to getting kicked off the court to teammate Draymond Green after the Warriors’ Game 6 win.