They’ve played each other nine times, with Steph’s teams leading Seth’s 7-2. Because this is Seth’s first playoff run in his six-year career, he’s only ever squared up against during Steph the regular season. Their head-to-head matchups are as lopsided as their respective trophy cases. Steph has starred in four conference finals and advanced each time Seth’s only postseason trips before this year were ones he spent traveling with Dell and Sonya to watch his brother. Steph is a superstar, already considered one of the best to ever shoot the ball Seth, his brother by blood, isn’t even a Splash Brother. Not Peyton and Eli Manning, nor Phil and Tony Esposito. Steph and Seth aren’t Venus and Serena Williams. The Three Big Questions in Each NBA Conference Finals The Biggest Winners and Losers at the NBA Playoffs’ Midway Point On Sunday, after the Blazers beat the Nuggets to advance, Steph shot Seth a nonchalant text: “I’ll see you Tuesday.” The game ends at the buzzer, not with a scraped knee. The rules are different for the Currys now, the first set of NBA brothers to ever face one another in a conference finals. It was taunting and pushing and calling for fouls that didn’t exist, a familial love language that never really goes away, just softens with age.
But as one of five kids, I can promise you this: The Currys’ one-vs.-one wasn’t cute at the time. There’s a nostalgia we all carry for the ratty hoop in the driveway, for H.O.R.S.E. To an only child, this may come across as fatuous or dangerous or even barbaric between siblings, it’s surviving boredom and each other. The game didn’t end til some got hurt or quit. The game didn't end til some got hurt or quit- Stephen Curry October 27, 2009 #whenwewereyoung me and used to hoop outside all night without keeping score.
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