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2016 NBA Finals: Game 7 Is The Biggest Game Of All-Time

By Maxwell Ogden

Jun 13, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) during the third quarter in game five of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 13, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) during the third quarter in game five of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 10, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) look on from the court during the fourth quarter in game four of the NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena. The Warriors won 108-97. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 10, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) look on from the court during the fourth quarter in game four of the NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena. The Warriors won 108-97. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports /

Curry vs. James

Stephen Curry has won back-to-back MVP awards in convincing fashion, leading the vote count by two massive disparities. LeBron James has won four MVP awards, which still fails to illustrate the dominance he’s achieved over the better part of a decade.

The two biggest names in the NBA will now go head-to-head in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, and it doesn’t get any better than that.

Curry is coming off of what may have been the most prolific scoring season in NBA history. He set an all-time record with 402 3-point field goals made—no one else has even reached 300—and became the first player to join the 50-40-90 club while averaging at least 30 points per game.

As a result of his individual and team-wide brilliance, Curry became the first unanimous MVP in NBA history.

A feat that will not soon be forgotten.

James, meanwhile, has elevated his game on the grandest of stages. With a game to go, he’s already become the first player in NBA Finals history to record at least 150 points, 50 rebounds, 50 assists, and 15 steals in the championship round.

More impressively, he’s leading both teams in points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals.

And thus, the stage has been set.

The two titans of the NBA will meet in a single game to determine bragging rights for the next calendar year. There’s no guaranteeing that either will return to the NBA Finals, which makes victory paramount.

To the victor goes an unfathomable improvement in all-time legacy.

Next: Developing Legacy