Towards the end of the Portland Trail Blazers’ Game 6 win, a frustrated Denver Nuggets radio analyst, Scott Hastings of Altitude Sports, took exception to the war of words between Blazers and Nuggets players at the end of the game.

Hastings made a questionable comment during the broadcast about former Nuggets player and currently injured Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic, who arrived on the Blazers bench at halftime to cheer on his team. Here’s a look at the comments courtesy of NBC Sports Northwest:

“[Evan] Turner just flipped somebody off on Denver’s bench,” Hastings remarks. “Kanter’s staring down somebody over here.”

His colleague Jason Kosmicki replied, “I think it might be Isaiah Thomas, because Isaiah Thomas keeps looking down there.”

“Nurkic is acting like a tough guy,” Hastings added.

“Well, he always does that,” said Kosmicki.

And that’s when Hastings goes a bit over the line, saying “kick him in the shin” knowing that Nurkic injured his left leg just over a month ago when his shin essentially snapped in half. The remark was met with laughter from his counterpart Kosmicki.

Nurkic himself was made aware of the comments and responded to them on Twitter with restraint:

With the altercation in the fourth quarter between Seth Curry and Will Barton, and the war of words that followed, this should just add more fuel to the fire for the Trail Blazers as they ready for Game 7 in Denver on Sunday.

– Tim Brown, The Oregonian/OregonLive | @timfsbrown

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