The Cleveland Cavaliers used to be at the top of the world. With Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, and LeBron James at the helm, they were almost a lock to make the NBA Finals every single year. The only problem was that the only team significantly better than them was also repeatedly in the Finals.

The rivalry between James's Cavaliers and Curry's Golden State team included four consecutive matchups in the NBA Finals from 2015 to 2018, three of which were won by the Warriors. During their sitdown ahead of Christmas, James compared the battle between the two sides to "a rap beef."