There haven’t really been any blowouts, where James might defer more often and/or sit earlier. The Thunder have provided a challenge for James, whether he was in Miami or Cleveland. In the two players’ 17 regular season games, James is averaging 29.4 points on 52 percent shooting from the floor and 38 percent from behind the three-point line, while putting up seven rebounds, seven assists, and 2.2 steals per game.
There’s only one franchise (Boston) that James averages more points against than Oklahoma City throughout his career, and Durant has received most of that punishment. Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images LeBron James plays even more incredibly against Durant. Until then, we can at least explain why James has such a decisive edge. The Cavaliers play in Golden State on Jan. Now that Durant is in Golden State, you’d think the tides could turn in what has been mostly a one-sided rivalry. The Cleveland Cavaliers were always excellent during the regular season back when Durant was on the SuperSonics his first year in the league, so it would make sense that James beat Durant in every matchup back then. James’ teams have all been elite, of course. It happened six straight times to start his career (although KD did beat the Cavaliers his rookie season in a game James didn’t play in), and James is now on a five-game win streak against Durant. Still, his teams consistently lose to James’.
He averages 29.4 points when playing James on 48 percent shooting, to go with nearly seven rebounds and about 3.5 assists. That makes Durant 4-18 in his career now against LeBron James. It has been nearly three years since Kevin Durant beat LeBron James in a head-to-head matchup, a streak that was extended on Christmas Day when the Cavaliers topped Golden State and the newly acquired Durant on a Kyrie Irving buzzer beater.
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