Believe it or not: LeBron James and Kevin Durant haven’t played against one another since December 25th, 2018. The Lakers play the Nets on December 25th, 2021.

It’ll have been exactly three years since LeBron James and Kevin Durant played against one another when they face off on Christmas this year.

Since then, LeBron has been a 3x All-Star, 3x All-NBA, a champion and a Finals MVP.

LeBron was 33 (Year 16) when they last played, and will be 5 days short of 37 (Year 19) when they meet again.

Kevin Durant on the other hand, has made 2x All-Star, an All-NBA, a Finals appearance (albeit short in 2019), and has switched teams and conferences.

Durant was 30 (Year 12), and is/will be 33 (Year 15) on Christmas Day.

He also made the most impressive comeback for a player from an Achilles injury in the history of basketball.

I couldn’t believe that they hadn’t actually suited up against one another in three years, but a plethora of injuries on both sides prevented head-to-head match ups. Both guys have been nothing short of marvellous headed into the back-half their careers.

Matchup Stats: LeBron James leads their regular season head-to-head matchups with a W-L of 15-6.

Kevin Durant leads their playoffs (and finals) head-to-head matchups with a W-L of 9-5.

Random trivia: Durant is also 6-2 against LeBron in all-star games, excluding games where they were teammates or Durant was injured. (2018-2021).

TL;DR It’s been a while since LeBron and Durant have faced off against one another.

Oh, and there’s been an entire pandemic since then as well.

All Data sourced from basketballreference and basketball.realgm.com

Edit: Grammar