"I know my mom is a little stressed out," Seth said Steph Curry and His Brother Seth Will Face Off in NBA Western Conference Finals It’s the Curry show! Stephen Curry, 31, and his younger brother Seth Curry, 28, will make history as they become the first set of brothers to ever face each other in the NBA conference finals this week. Get push notifications with news, features and more. The family showdown will take place in the Western Conference finals starting on Tuesday, during which Stephen will play for the Golden State Warriors and Seth will play for the Portland Trail Blazers. Seth called the match-up a “dream come true,” according to ESPN. “It’s a dream come true for both of us,” Seth said. “Obviously, it’s the first time it’s been done. It’s going to be a lot of fun for our families to be in the building. I’m looking forward to it.” And how do the basketball stars’ parents feel about watching their sons play each other? “I know my mom is a little stressed out,” Seth said of the previous times he and Steph have faced off on the court. “My dad, he’s always calm. But my mom is stressed out, and you might be able to hear her. She’s probably happy right now, enjoying the moment for both of us. She can look at the bright side: One of us is going to the Finals at the end of the day, so there’s no losers.” And who will the root for in the finals?<doc-sep>The most intriguing subplot of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals is the Tale of Two Currys — Stephen and his Warriors take on his little brother Seth and the Trail Blazers — that portends the best and the worst of times for their parents. Dell and Sonya Curry’s exhilaration of knowing their sons are the first brothers in NBA history to face each other in a Finals series gave way to the realization that they’ll need to play favorites. One parent will root for Steph, the other will root for Seth. They even came up with a fool-proof way to determine which kid they’ll each root for — a flip of the coin. Per @EliasSports, Warriors guard Stephen Curry & Trail Blazers guard Seth Curry are the first brothers ever to meet in the conference finals and the first brothers to play against each other in any round since Marc Gasol (Grizzlies) & Pau Gasol (Spurs) in the 2017 First Round. — Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) May 12, 2019 Dell told reporters that they’ll flip a coin well before Tuesday night’s Game 1 of the series at Oracle Arena. If it lands on heads, the Currys’ mom wears Blazers gear and roots for Seth and Dell roots for Steph and the Warriors. If it’s tails, mom dresses the part and roots for the Warriors while dad becomes a Blazers fan for the night. They’ll repeat this practice before each of the Warriors-Blazers games. There is, however, one detail mom and pop have yet to resolve. “We have to flip to see who flips first,” Dell said while laughing. “There’s going to be a lot of coin flipping going on.” (Sydel Curry, the boys’ little sister, will have no such rooting dilemma in this series. After all, she’s married to Steph’s Warriors teammate, Damion Lee). All kidding aside, while the proud parents are excited for Steph and Seth, there really is some trepidation setting in for Dell. “I normally don’t get nervous for games when either one of them play,” Dell said. “But I got a little nervous knowing how they’re going to play against each other.” And it won’t just be mom and dad who may have a rough time. Dell said it won’t be easy for Steph and Seth to go after each other on the court. “It’s going to be tough to put everything aside and battle each other because as siblings they want each other to do well,” Dell said. “They watch each other’s games and cheer for each other.” After the Blazers beat the Nuggets in Game 7 of their semifinal series on Sunday, Seth Curry said it didn’t take long for him to hear from his big brother. “(Steph) texted me right after the game,” Seth told reporters. “He said, ‘I’ll see you Tuesday.’ I’m looking forward to it.” For Seth, a backup guard for the Blazers who is averaging 5.4 points per game while playing roughly 20 minutes per night in his first time playing in the postseason, this series against his superstar big brother is a dream. It also offers him a chance to one-up Steph. While the Warriors and Blazers split their four-game series during the regular season, Steph bested Seth in the All-Star Game’s 3-point contest three months ago in their hometown of Charlotte, N.C. Could he and the Blazers pull the upset and beat the Warriors? Well, he’s just happy for that opportunity. “So many years I’ve watched Steph play in the Western Conference final, the NBA Finals, being in the crowd,” Seth said. “It’s going to be fun to be out there on the court, competing for the Finals. “It’s a dream come true for us two, obviously, but our family’s going to have a lot of fun as well.” No matter which Curry they wind up rooting for.<doc-sep>
Blazers’ guard Seth Curry said he received a text from his brother Steph soon after the Blazers defeated the Denver Nuggets Sunday in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals. “He texted me right after the game,” Curry told reporters after the game. “He said, ‘I’ll see you Tuesday.’ I’m looking forward to it.” Seth and the Blazers advanced to face Steph and the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals. Game 1 of the series is Tuesday in Oakland. The Curry brothers will face each other in a playoff series for the first time in their careers. The duel also marks the first time a set of brothers have ever met in an NBA conference final, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Per @EliasSports, Warriors guard Stephen Curry & Trail Blazers guard Seth Curry are the first brothers ever to meet in the conference finals and the first brothers to play against each other in any round since Marc Gasol (Grizzlies) & Pau Gasol (Spurs) in the 2017 First Round. — Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) May 12, 2019 Steph and the Warriors will be playing in their fifth consecutive conference final. Seth will be making his first appearance in a conference final round. Seth said it will be nice to play in a conference final instead of watching his brother from the stands. “So many years I’ve watched Steph play in the Western Conference final, the NBA finals - being in the crowd,” Curry said. “It’s going to be fun to be out there on the court, competing to get to the Finals. It’s a dream come true for us two.” -- Geoffrey C. Arnold | @geoffreyCarnold