In a recent interview, Curry talked about his back-to-back matchups with James and the Cavaliers. “It’s going to be really hard finding two teams going four years in a row in the Finals, just the way the NBA landscape is going….That’ll go down in history as four amazing years,” he said.
Talking about this journey, Curry said, “It’s complex, because you go from playing in the tournament, him coming to watch me coming in as a young rookie in the league and he giving me advice on how to get through some of the early struggles I was going to go through as a player, to the four finals appearances in a row…“.
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For the following four NBA Finals, the James-led Cleveland Cavaliers and the Curry-led Golden State Warriors squared off. James had one of the most important playoff performances in NBA history to lead his team over the Warriors in 2016 after losing their first meeting in 2015. James and the Cavaliers completed a legendary comeback while down 3-1 in the Finals, becoming the only team to ever reach this level in the Finals.