Watch Steve Kerr respond perfectly to Boston Boos

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has understandably come under fire from Boston Celtics supporters.

As head coach of Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer, Kerr opted to essentially demote All-NBA Boston superstar power forward Jayson Tatum to a part-time position, to the point where he often didn't even play the 6-foot forward anymore. 8 former Duke product.

When the U.S. men's basketball team opted to send home injured All-NBA Los Angeles Clippers small forward Kawhi Leonard, the club decided to move on to All-Defensive Second Team Celtics combo guard Derrick White ahead of its more versatile (but offensive) to commit to commitment. inclined) teammate, All-Star Boston swingman Jaylen Brown. Although the Americans won gold medals for their efforts, White played a bigger role than Tatum, whose jumper deserted him in the postseason and only recovered this season.

Kerr's Warriors also handed the Tatum Brown era of the Celtics a loss in their only joint 2022 NBA Finals game. Golden State hasn't been at the summit since, losing in the second round of the 2023 Western Conference playoffs and missing the playoffs altogether Year 2024. The reconstituted roster is in its first season without Klay Thompson since he was selected as a five-time All-Star swingman in the 2011 NBA Draft, but has had an excellent start so far this year.

Understandably, the fans at TD Garden on Wednesday opted to give Kerr the game as he and his Warriors finished 6-1 and wanted to hand the Celtics, 7-1, just their second loss of the season as Brown was sidelined with a lingering hip injury Had to do without ice cream.

Kerr had the perfect response to the cold reception from the Celtics home crowd, greeting them with a stoic face and a trolling hand wave (via Bleacher Report's Instagram).

The Warriors currently lead the Celtics by double digits at halftime, 51-40, after closing out the second frame with a 9-0 run in the final 1:45 minutes.

White led Boston at halftime as the club's only player to score in double figures. He's already scored 12 points on 3 of 9 shooting from the field (all of his shots are triples on seven attempts) and 3 of 3 shooting from the foul line while grabbing three boards, dishing out a dime and grabbing a pair of steals in 18:02.

Wings Andrew Wiggins and Buddy Hield are currently the Warriors' top scorers and each scored eight points at halftime.

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