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Chris Paul reportedly kicked Stephen Curry off the court the nighttime earlier Game 6

May 11, 2019 Updated: May 21, 2019 11:19 a.g.

aneof15 FILE PHOTO: Houston Rockets baby-sit Chris Paul (3) is defended past Golden State Warriors baby-sit Stephen Curry (30) during the tertiary quarter of Game iii of a NBA Western Conference semifinal playoff game at Toyota Eye, in Houston , Saturday, May 4, 2019. Karen Warren/Staff photographer

2of15 Aureate Country Warriors guard Steph Back-scratch celebrates on his fashion to the locker room afterwards a Game 6 victory in the Western Conference Semifinals against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center in Houston, TX on Friday May ten, 2019. Michael Starghill Jr./Special to The Chronicle

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4of15 Golden State Warriors guard Quinn Cook plays defence against Houston Rockets baby-sit Chris Paul in the third quarter during Game vi in the Western Conference Semifinals against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center in Houston, TX on Fri May x, 2019. Michael Starghill Jr. / Special to The Relate

vof15 Golden Land Warriors forrad Jordan Bong drives to the handbasket against Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul in the third quarter during Game 6 in the Western Briefing Semifinals against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Centre in Houston, TX on Fri May x, 2019. Michael Starghill Jr. / Special to The Chronicle

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viiof15 Golden State Warriors' Quinn Cook and Houston Rockets' Houston Rockets' Eric Gordon, rear, spotter as the Warriors' Shaun Livingston, right, secures a loose ball on the floor during the second half of Game half dozen of a second-round NBA basketball game playoff serial, Friday, May 10, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith) Eric Christian Smith / Associated Press

viiiofxv Houston Rockets' James Harden (13) defends as Golden State Warriors' Shaun Livingston goes up for a shot during the second one-half of Game 6 of a second-circular NBA basketball playoff serial, Friday, May 10, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photograph/Eric Christian Smith) Eric Christian Smith / Associated Press

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10of15 Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) pauses on the court during the second half of Game half-dozen of the NBA Western Briefing semifinals against the Gilded Country Warriors at Toyota Centre on Friday, May x, 2019, in Houston. The Warriors eliminated the Rockets with a 118-113 win, to take the serial four-two. Karen Warren/Staff photographer

11offifteen Houston Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni walks dorsum to the bench during the first half of Game v of the NBA Western Briefing semifinals confronting the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Oakland. Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographer

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xiiiof15 Houston Rockets baby-sit James Harden (13) and Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (xi) react to a play during the second half of Game vi of the NBA Western Conference semifinals at Toyota Center on Friday, May 10, 2019, in Houston. The Warriors eliminated the Rockets with a 118-113 win, to take the series 4-2. Karen Warren/Staff photographer

14of15 Golden State Warriors forward Kevon Looney attempts a layup betwixt Houston Rockets baby-sit James Harden and center Clint Capela in the 4th quarter during Game 6 in the Western Briefing Semifinals against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center in Houston, TX on Fri May x, 2019. Michael Starghill Jr. / Special to The Chronicle

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Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul reportedly prevented Golden State Warriors star Stephen Back-scratch from practicing at the Toyota Eye in Houston the night before Game half-dozen.

Co-ordinate to a report from The Able-bodied's Marcus Thompson, Curry booked the court from seven p.grand. to 8 p.m. Thursday night to go some additional work in, but Paul attempted to thwart Back-scratch's plans.

"[Paul] decided to become to the Toyota Centre to get shots up, nixing Curry's reservations," Thompson reported. "The Warriors' betoken guard offered to stick to one-half a court but Paul wasn't having it. Curry was kicked off the Toyota Heart court."

GAME Epitomize: Stephen Curry's late heroics lift the Warriors to serial-clinching Game vi win

Rockets evolution motorcoach Irv Roland disputed The Athletic's written report, telling the Houston Chronicle that the two actually encountered each other on May 3 before Game iv, and at that place was no hostile confrontation.

"When nosotros finally went out there, Stephen cracked a joked with Chris," Roland said. "Chris said 'let him shoot.' It wasn't like information technology was a confrontation. 'Let him shoot. Permit him finish what he'southward doing.' We didn't kick him off the courtroom. We didn't even say annihilation."

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May eleven, 2019

Later Game 6 was over, Curry yelled, "Kick me off the court again, male child!" but exterior the Warriors' locker room, which many took every bit a validation of The Athletic'southward written report.

If the report is true, Back-scratch got his revenge after scoring 33 points in the second one-half of Game 6 and eliminating Paul's Rockets from the postseason for the second consecutive season.

The Warriors' star was held scoreless in the first half, but came alive in the 2d.

"I was terrible," Back-scratch said of his first half performance. "I obviously didn't brand a shot. I was fouling. I think virtually the only thing I did well was non turn the brawl over. I find a positive in everything."

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Curry scored 16 points in the last 5 minutes of regulation, and his free throws with two.3 seconds remaining iced the game for the Warriors.

The Warriors will play either the Denver Nuggets or Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Briefing Finals start next week.

Eric Ting is an SFGATE staff writer. Email him at eric.ting@sfgate.com and follow him on Twitter

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