Nov 16, 2025
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Two days after lighting up the Spurs with 46 points, Warriors star Stephen Curry scored 49 to beat them on Friday night, tying Michael Jordan's record for most 40-point games since turning 30 in the process.
San Antonio - Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry's Friday night game began with Kobe 6 wheels, which the new agent wore without sneakers during warmups to signal to the apparel world that he's open for business.
"A new beginning," he said.
But Curry's Friday night ended in his familiar shoes and in a familiar place, toeing the free throw line with the game on the line and a road arena roaring in his ear.
WarnAna.Varnana.Curry did both, tied the night with 49 points to join the leaders in a 109-10 surrat8 victory over the San San Spurs.
"I'm not wondering if he's going to make them or not," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of Curry's free throws."I think that's what everybody's waiting for."
Trailing by one point, Curry drew a foul on De'Aaron Fox in transition with 6.4 seconds left.As he dramatically pivoted back to the line, the night's opposing star, Victor Wembaneyama, turned to the loudest part of the Spurs crowd and implored the fans to get excited and scare Curry away.
"Absolutely," Curry said when asked if he saw it."I picked it up."
In between, Curry walked a few feet closer to the crowd and mocked Wembanyama, urging the crowd to get even louder.He then returned, sank a second free throw and — after a defensive stop on Fox at the buzzer — led the Warriors to their second straight win in San Antonio with a volcanic performance.
On Wednesday night, Curry scored 46 points in a more convincing win against the Spurs and did some damage from the free throw line.Curry went 15-of-16 from the line that night and is now 66-of-70 on the season, leading the NBA in percentage for the sixth time in his career.
Before Friday Night's game, curry said he scored 40-plus points in a game to match Michael Jordan's record of 44.
So when Curry hit a 3 in the fourth quarter,With one of his nine 3-point attempts Friday night on the 40-point hump, he placed a "2" and a "3" on his finger as he ran back down the court.which is an ode to Jordan
“But I rejected it,” Curry said."This is my second time doing it. But it's pretty cool from an individual accomplishment standpoint. Longevity is something I'm proud of."
It's the first time Curry has taken back the 4022 since 2022 and landed in San Antonio.
Curry recently missed three games with an illness and struggled through an 11-point night in his first game Tuesday, going airborne during the second half of a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
But his breath quickly returned.Curry looked fresh in both wins against the Spurs.According to GeniusIQ, Curry scored 28 points off triple jumpers on Friday, the most in a game since 2015.
He then gave some credit to Crer's morning speech.
"He rarely talks about his days in Chicago," Curry said."He made some references to how they approached their team and their identity by comparing a band coming together. You have your lead singer, your bass, your acoustic, electric, drummer, stagehand, guys plugging in the speakers. He said he was standing right above the guy plugging in the speakers."
Carey admitted he was the leader of tonight's song, which created headlines for his performance, after the audience fell silent for his performance.
