Who better to lead the NBA into an era of positionless basketball than a point guard with the surest shot in league history and a near 7-footer with perimeter skills?
Stephen Curry and Anthony Davis are trend-setting talents, skilled to the point of redefining the expectations of and possibilities for players at their positions. They're also two of the headliners for opening night of the 2015-16 campaign, respectively leading the Golden State Warriors and New Orleans Pelicans into their Tuesday tilt (10:30 p.m. ET on TNT).
Their last head-to-head bout lacked substantive drama, as the Dubs swept the Pels in last season's opening round of the playoffs. Three of the four contests were decided by seven-plus points, but the exception was an instant classic. It featured a 20-point fourth-quarter comeback, overtime, 29 points and 15 rebounds from Davis and Curry's 40 points, three of which came on an impossible shot during the final seconds of regulation.
That was the highlight of the series. Otherwise, the proceedings played out like most meetings between No. 1 and No. 8 seeds—save for the video game-like stat ...
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Stephen Curry and Anthony Davis Are Perfect Next-Generation Rivals
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