When the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers and Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors tip off in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals on Thursday night from Oakland, history will be made.

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It’s their fourth straight NBA Finals meeting, and it’s the first time not just in the NBA that the same two teams have met in four consecutive Finals/championship games but also in any of the four major American professional sports leagues (MLB, NHL, and NFL).

The Warriors should be going for a fourth title in a row and probably would be if Draymond Green hadn’t been suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 Finals. That suspension was the impetus for Cleveland’s stunning rally from a 3-1 series deficit and the city’s first-ever NBA title.