​This is why royalty recognizes LeBron as "King James".





The Cleveland Cavaliers won a thrilling Christmas matchup in the final seconds of the game over the Golden State Warriors, raising 'Bron to an absurd 18-4 record against Kevin Durant.





And those four losses came wayyyyy back.

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It's been three years (!) since KD beat LeBron  pic.twitter.com/0xlpJbJyvo — SB Nation (@SBNation) December 26, 2016

​​The game between last season's NBA Finals opponents made for an instant Christmas classic, but no doubt this is the craziest part of that showdown by far.





January 29th, 2014 was the last time Durant beat James?! KD must've completely forgotten what it feels like to get the dub against the King.





Instead, this has been all Durant has to take away from playing his longtime foe.

​​The Warriors have been far and beyond the most dominant team in the NBA through the 2016-17 season so far, but this has got to add A LOT of fuel to the fire for KD and the rest of Golden State .



