Kevin Durant disagreed with the suggestion from Steve Kerr after the Golden State Warriors' blowout loss on Tuesday to the Boston Celtics that the team needs to play with "an anger."

"We were not flying around. We were not giving the sort of effort it takes to win an NBA game," Kerr said. "The other stuff, I've got to do a better job in making sure we are in the right defensive schemes and get the right combinations on the floor. It's a group effort and I'm the coach, so I've got to make sure I'm doing my job.

"It starts with a passion, an anger, an intensity, and it wasn't there tonight."

Durant was informed of Kerr's comments during ihs press conference.

"I thought we, um, move off of joy," Durant said. "Now anger?"

Durant continued with his own assessment on the 'anger' notion.

"I disagree with that one," Durant said. "We've just got to ... all around, top to bottom, coaches and players, we've just got to be better."

With the Warriors struggling on defense, Durant was asked how he thought Ron Adams might be coping.

"It's about how we're all dealing with it," Durant shot back. "The whole team, the whole organization. We're family, right? That's how we operate.

"I don't think anybody in that locker room is anything but upset with the game we played. It's not just Ron Adams."