Stephen Curry was 'on the verge of tears' as Kevin Durant won NBA Finals MVP

Nick Young was only a part of the Golden State Warriors for one season, but that was long enough to win a championship and, apparently, witness an entire battle between Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant for the MVP of the 2018 NBA Finals.

The 2017-18 Warriors, including Curry, Durant and Young, swept LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals for back-to-back titles. Durant won the 2017 NBA Finals MVP, and to hear Young tell it, it was up to the two future Hall of Famers to win it in 2018.

And then Curry had a tough Game 3, which Young said left him “on the verge of tears” even after a win because he knew he let the Finals MVP award slip away from him:

Curry shot just 3 of 16 from the field for 11 points in the Game 3 win. Durant carried Golden State that night with 43 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, and it was a formality from there that he would win the individual award for the second straight season.

Andre Iguodala won NBA Finals MVP in 2015 when Curry won his first ring, although the future Hall of Famer would get one in 2022 after Durant had already gone elsewhere.

The future Hall of Famer led Golden State to a six-game win over the Boston Celtics while averaging 31.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.0 steals while shooting at 48.2 percent from the field and 43.7 percent from deep.

There was no doubt that Curry was the NBA Finals MVP that year, and he also has a four-to-two advantage in the rings compared to Durant.

But Young said missing out on that 2018 award had an impact on Curry.