Jayson Tatum doesn’t want to hear anyone else’s thoughts on the matter. The Celtics star, famously glued to the bench during Team USA’s run to the gold medal in Paris over the summer, shook off the idea of Wednesday’s loss to the Warriors — helmed by Olympic coach Steve Kerr — as a revenge game.

Team USA coach Steve Kerr — who is also the head coach of the Warriors — talked before Wednesday's game about why he benched Tatum during the men's basketball semifinal against Serbia, which the U.S. went on to win 95-91 to secure their spot in the gold medal final.

With as much talent as this past summer's U.S. men's Olympic basketball team took to Paris, someone was bound to get the short end of the playing time stick. Tyrese Haliburton was a pretty predictable also-ran for his defensive deficiencies,