Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant will go on to become two of the most iconic names of the modern NBA era.
From their endless list of individual accolades to forming one of the most devastating 1-2 punchers of all time, Curry and Durant have been giving us unforgettable moments as both teammates and opponents for over a decade.
While they will always be bonded over their time as a dynamic duo on The Bay, their relationship goes way back. Check out Curry and Durant through the years.
Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant relationship timeline
Cross paths on the AAU Circuit
Despite growing up in different states, Curry and Durant hark back to their youth, first interbreeding on the AAU circuit.
It’s fun to think of NBA stars as a couple of 10-year-olds going for it, as Durant recalled in 2014.
“I was about 10 and our AAU team went to Charlotte to play,” Durant said. “I thought it was white. It was this yellow guy, right? I’m just real now, right? Where I’m from, in the hood, we don’t see that. We don’t see the light-skinned guys around. They were all kids like me.
“I walk into the gym and this guy is running through midcourt just shooting jump shots. Sketches. Sketches. And when we played him, he was like 35 and he was like 10 years old. I was like, who is this?
“10 years later, that was Steph Curry.”
Even then Curry was pulling up from deep inside and lighting up the scoreboard.
Fast forward nearly a decade, Durant entered the league as the No. 1 pick. 2 in the 2007 NBA Draft. Curry joined him as he was selected with the No. 2 pick. 7 in the 2009 NBA Draft.
Stephen Curry versus Kevin Durant in the NBA
December 7, 2009 — Curry and Durant face off for the first time in the NBA in Curry’s rookie season.
Durant leads the Thunder with 28 points, nine rebounds, four assists and three steals on 9-of-24 shooting from the field and 2-of-6 from the 3-point line. Curry records 22 points, four rebounds, two assists and four steals on 9-of-14 shooting from the field and 2-of-4 from the 3-point line.
Behind Durant’s all-around play, the Thunder cruise to a 104-88 victory.
April 11, 2010 — After losing his first three fights against Durant, Curry gets his first KD win at the end of his rookie season as the Warriors overcome a 20-point deficit to secure a 120-117 victory. Curry has 25 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, while Durant leads the Thunder with 40 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.
March 29, 2011 — The pair put on a show in an overtime thriller in Oklahoma City as Durant scores eight of the Thunder’s nine points in the overtime to help seal a 115-114 victory.
Durant finished with 39 points, six rebounds and five assists to Curry’s 35 points, six rebounds and five assists.
January 17, 2014 — In his only MVP season, Durant saves his best game for Curry, scoring a career-high 54 points on efficient 19-of-28 field goal shooting in a 127-121 win.
In a one-on-one battle full of buckets, Curry has 37 points and 11 assists.
February 16, 2014 — Curry and Durant bonded along the way (we’ll get to that later), but first they share the court as teammates in the NBA during the 2014 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans. In what was Curry’s first All-Star selection, he was voted into the starter alongside Durant.
Durant leads the West with 38 points while Curry has 12 points and 11 assists.
February 27, 2016 — Perhaps one of Curry’s most iconic NBA moments comes against Durant and the Thunder.
The pair go back and forth in another overtime classic, but when Durant fouls out in the first minute of overtime with 37 points and 12 rebounds, Curry lands the hammerblow, pulling up from 32 feet with 0.6 seconds left to bury the iconic game winner “BANG.”
Curry finished with 46 points on 12-of-16 shooting from the 3-point line, with his last three-pointer tying the NBA single-game record.
30 maggio 2016 — In Durant’s final game in a Thunder uniform, the pair played each other in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals.
After the Thunder let slip a 3-1 series lead, Curry leads the Warriors to a 96-88 victory to advance to the NBA Finals for the second straight season, becoming the 10th team in NBA history to bounce back from a 3-1 series deficit.
Curry has 36 points, eight assists and seven 3-pointers, while Durant finishes his Thunder career with 27 points and seven rebounds.
Kevin Durant joins Stephen Curry and the Warriors
July 4, 2016 — The move that sent shockwaves through the NBA.
After spending the first nine seasons of his career with the Thunder, Durant entered free agency with no shortage of suitors, but thanks to a spike in the salary cap, he eventually signed a two-year deal to partner Curry at Golden State.
With Durant alongside Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green, the Warriors dominate the regular season, going 67-15, before advancing to the NBA Finals for the third consecutive season.
June 12, 2017 — In their first season together, Curry, Durant and co. defeat the Cavaliers in five games, giving Curry his second NBA championship and Durant his first.
The duo combine to average an impressive 62 points per game, with Durant earning Finals MVP honors.
June 8, 2018 — Just 12 months later, the Warriors created history, becoming the 13th NBA team to win back-to-back championships as they swept the Cavaliers.
In Game 4, Curry and Durant ran the show with Curry dropping by 37 points and Durant posting a triple-double of 20 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists on his way to earning his second consecutive Finals MVP trophy.
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Durant was named Finals MVP in each of the franchise’s two titles during that span. He would play one more season at Golden State before leaving to join the Nets in free agency in the summer of 2019, ending one of the most unstoppable offensive duos in NBA history.
In three seasons together, Curry and Durant led the Warriors to a 182-64 (.739) regular season record and a 46-14 (.767) postseason record, winning two NBA titles in three trips to the Finals.
Stephen Curry vs Kevin Durant enters a new chapter
December 22, 2020 — Opponents again.
After suffering a ruptured Achilles in the 2019 NBA Finals, Durant spent 18 months on the sidelines, returning to action against his former team. Durant finished with 22 points in 25 minutes in the Nets’ 125-99 win. Curry records 20 points and 10 assists.
December 14, 2021 — Durant and Curry have set many records together, but when Curry achieves the historic feat of breaking Ray Allen’s record for most 3-pointers in NBA history, Durant is on hand to congratulate his former teammate.
2974… more to come.
Compliment the God @StephenCurry30
—Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) December 15, 2021
April 30, 2023 — In 2021 against the Bucks, Durant set the NBA record for most points scored in a Game 7 with 48 points. Nearly two years later, Curry sets a new benchmark.
In the first round against the Kings, Curry drops by 50 points to lead the Warriors in the second round, earning praise from Durant.
Legendary 30. 50 pieces
—Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) April 30, 2023
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