The rivalry between the Warriors and the Cavaliers keep heating up, despite the Cavs refusing to acknowledge that there’s even a rivalry, and long time friends Kevin Durant and LeBron James are caught right in the middle. One of the things that came up after the Warriors demolished the Cavs on Monday night was Durant’s record against James, and KD wasn’t here for any talk of the past.
“I never really looked at it as, ‘I lost to this guy, I beat this guy that many times,’” Durant told the Vertical. “We’re playing as a team. There is a lot of stuff that can happen for you to win a game, especially when it’s good players. But I didn’t know we were playing one-on-one. I didn’t know that was a thing. Do you talk about any matchups against other guys? Does John Wall have more wins against Kyrie Irving? Do y’all talk about that, too? If you want to play one-on-one, look at the stat line across the line, me and him, individually. But we’re not playing one-on-one out there. If we were, then you can start talking. It’s a team game.”
While he does have a point, it’s hard not to think that his past failures against James don’t linger in his head and how it will affect him if they do end up playing against each other in the NBA Finals. It’s definitely a past that Durant is hoping to get over, because if he’s successful, the obvious result is a championship win.