Besides being a heartwarming tale of a close-knit and stable family, what makes this story truly remarkable is its sheer occurrence. While the NBA has seen its fair share of sibling pairs before—just look at the numerous Plumlee brothers cashing basketball paychecks—it’s unprecedented for siblings to face off in the same conference finals. What’s even more remarkable is that neither of the Curry brothers hinted strongly, even during high school, that they would make it to any NBA bench.

Religion and faith are integral aspects of the Curry family, and their parents, who have been married for 31 years, must have struck the right chord, as they find themselves blessed with a playoff series that neither will soon forget, regardless of its outcome.

Their story, tailor-made for reality TV, is by now a familiar one. Dell Curry was a smooth-shooting guard at Virginia Tech, where he met Sonya, who played for the women’s volleyball team. They became a couple and welcomed Steph while Dell played for the Cavaliers, who drafted him. A few years later, Seth arrived in Charlotte, where Dell had become one of the game’s best sixth men, sinking shots from beyond the arc for the Hornets.

The boys’ basketball education began at home, particularly on the driveway basketball court, where they adorned Hornets jerseys and pretended to be NBA players. “They battled each other,” Dell Curry recalled. “Trying to score the game-winning point and debating whether they were fouled or not. As parents, we took turns acting as the referee to settle disputes about who won the game.”

Understandably, these matchups never escalated into heated conflicts, as anger or jealousy doesn’t seem to be part of the Curry family DNA. “Steph did a good job with that,” Dell remarked. “As the older brother, he could have dominated [Seth] a lot more.”