Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors will meet LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers for the third straight year when the NBA Finals get underway next week.

The 2016 champion Cavaliers and the 2015 champion Warriors will open the best-of-seven series in Oakland, California on Thursday, June 1.

“We understand the challenges they present and the history that we have and it’s gonna be fun,” Curry said Friday after the Warriors practised.

James scored 35 points and passed Michael Jordan to become the NBA’s all-time playoff scoring leader as the Cavaliers routed the Boston Celtics 135-102 on Thursday to claim their third straight Eastern Conference title.

Both teams dominated throughout the playoffs — the Warriors made history by going an unprecedented 12-0 through three rounds in the Western Conference, while the Cavs lost just one game to the Celtics to cap their dominant run.

The Westgate Las Vegas Super Book installed Golden State as a minus-260 favorite, with Cleveland at plus-220, meaning a $100 bet on the Warriors would win $38.46 and the same bet on the Cavaliers would win $220, according to ESPN.