Between the years 2015 and 2018, the NBA world was gifted with a rivalry for the ages, as the would face off against the in four NBA Finals series in a row, linking the careers of several of the greatest basketball players of all time together. The , led by , would match up against the -led Cavaliers in seemingly every single post-season in the mid-2010s, making for an intense showdown every year when June would come around. Curry and James were also supported by the likes of and , respectively, as both teams fought for supremacy after coming out of their respective conferences unscathed.
Though the latter of the two match-ups between these teams would be skewed towards one franchise, the NBA Finals from 2015-2018 made for incredibly entertaining basketball. Through this series of Finals competitions alone, the NBA world got to see what may have been the greatest collection of talent to ever grace an NBA court in the 2017 and 2018 Warriors, and . For a stretch of time in the NBA that gave its fans so many great memories, we'll be counting down the top-10 most memorable plays, performances, and basketball-altering moments from the Warriors-Cavaliers rivalry.
In 2016, the Golden State Warriors got off to a hot start, winning the first two games of the NBA Finals on their home floor. Entering the Quicken Loans Arena with a 2-0 series lead, LeBron James and the Cavaliers knew they needed to respond, and James decided to do so emphatically during what would turn out to be a blowou.
