However, early on in Wednesday’s game, it became clear that the duel would not necessarily be an opportunity for revenge, but rather an intense battle between two really good teams. The Warriors stifled the Celtics in the first half and extended their lead to 11 just before halftime. The Celtics began to figure out how to break through the Warriors’ hyper-aggressive defense in the third quarter and closed the gap. Celtics fans barely had time to worry about Kerr as they groaned over Curry’s shot and exploded over the heroics of Tatum, White and Queta.

Which of course probably should be the case.

“I don’t think anyone cared enough about me to boo me,” Kerr said before the game when asked how many times he had been booed. “But we’ll see how it goes tonight.”

5. Tatum’s take on the situation.

Tatum was deeply (and profanely) unfazed by the situation.

“People always told me to be louder and meaner,” he said. “One thing about Jayson is I’ll always do whatever the hell I want to do. (…)

“It wasn’t on my mind. Just another Wednesday. Another game, another opportunity to come in and try to be the best player I can be.”

How did he learn to deal with outside noise?

“Excuse my language,” he said. “You just learn not to give in.”

6. Tatum found himself in the second half.

After a slow start in the first quarter, which included four of the Celtics’ 10 first-half turnovers against an aggressive trapping defense, Tatum woke up in the third quarter and scored 17 points, helping the Celtics overcome a deficit of as many as 30 points 14.

Tatum finished with 32 points on 10-for-20 shooting and 5-for-10 from three in what was considered his revenge.

In other words, Tatum did what he has done for much of the past two years. He led the team in scoring and played a solid, consistent game without compromising the situation.

“I thought he did great,” Mazzulla said. “I thought he just gave the game what it needed, whether it was passing, shielding, finishing.”

7. Draymond Green’s new trolling move

Late in the game, Payton Pritchard was fouled by Curry while making a 3-pointer. After Pritchard knocked down the first free throw, the Warriors’ Draymond Green extended a high-five. Pritchard was somewhat wrong-footed and obeyed. He proceeded to knock down the second one. Green held out his hand again. This time Pritchard half-heartedly extended his arm but didn’t bother to touch it. He also missed the third free throw.

Give Green this: He’s a pretty creative troll, even if it doesn’t always work.

8. White caught fire (again).

In the absence of Jaylen Brown (who would have helped the Celtics quite a bit in this matchup and almost every other matchup), White became a volume shooter, which was a pretty good outcome for him. White finished 7 of 16 from 3-point range, the most 3-pointers he had attempted in a single game since last December, when the Celtics played…the Warriors.

Golden State won that game too, so maybe they’re on the right track. Still, White had a nice game offensively.

9. White took exception to a big call down the stretch.

With 5:28 left in the fourth quarter, Curry rolled around a screen and fired a three-pointer. He missed, but the referees called White for a foul. White took exception and the Celtics challenged.

White and the Celtics claimed that Kevon Looney stuck his foot (and hip) out on the screen, tripping White and causing him to stumble as he shot against Curry. The repetitions seemed to support this logic.

However, officials disagreed. The call was confirmed to the dismay of White and Mazzulla, and Curry made all three.

The play came at an important time: The Celtics had a lead of five and appeared poised for a mini-run that would have put the Warriors in a tough spot. Instead, Curry went to the line and cut the deficit to two before completely erasing the deficit with a three-pointer on the next possession.

“I thought maybe Looney kind of threw me off balance,” White said. “So that’s what I said. But apparently they said it was legal. So it’s a foul.”

10. Home and Away

The Celtics host the Nets on Friday at 7:30 a.m. before traveling to Milwaukee for a 3:30 game against the Bucks on Sunday.