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LeBron James and Kevin Durant exchanged massive back-to-back Christmas Day dunks

Published Dec. 25, 2016 4:01 p.m. ET

Andrew Lynch

If the first quarter was any indication, the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers are on pace to put on an absolute classic on Christmas Day.

Last year's NBA Finals teams finished the first twelve minutes tied at 25-all, and Kevin Durant and LeBron James got into the holiday spirit of giving by trading massive dunks in a span of about six seconds. Oh, and just for good measure, the King started the whole sequence with a steal and layup in transition, in case anyone wants to argue that there's no defense in the NBA:

https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/813114851702624257

As for the dunks: I'm giving the edge to KD, since he had to jam all over Kevin Love, whereas LeBron was cherry-picking a little bit after some contact on his previous drive to the rim.