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Westbrook accuses Pachulia of intentionally falling on him: 'He tried to hurt me'

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Russell Westbrook is livid with center Zaza Pachulia over his actions late in the third quarter of Saturday's matchup between the Golden State Warriors and visiting Oklahoma City Thunder.

With Westbrook down on the hardwood after attempting to grab an offensive rebound, Pachulia toppled over and landed on Westbrook's legs, which the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player believes was no accident.

Westbrook got into it with reporters who questioned him over the incident following Oklahoma City's 112-80 loss, accusing them of asking "dumb questions" they know the answer to, since he feels it was clear as day what Pachulia was trying to accomplish.

"Obviously it was intentional," said Westbrook. "Nobody touched him, he fell over my leg, tried to hurt me. But hey, that's how it goes."

When asked whether or not he feels Pachulia is a dirty player, the 29-year-old point guard responded, "Yeah, for sure."

Pachulia referred to Westbrook's accusations as "childish," but wouldn't elaborate further on the matter, according to ESPN's Chris Haynes.

Westbrook's All-Star teammate Paul George is also of the mindset that the Warriors big man was out to inflict injury.

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"You know Zaza, you know his history," said George, according to ESPN's Royce Young. "Nobody pushed him. He aimed his fall ... He's on the end of hurting a lot of guys."

It was during last year's Western Conference finals when Pachulia drew a ton of ire for sticking his leg out underneath Kawhi Leonard as he was coming down off a fadeaway jumper. Leonard was knocked out of Game 1 and the remainder of the series due to injury as a result, with the Warriors going on to bounce the San Antonio Spurs in a clean sweep.

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