Stephen Curry signaled 'new beginnings' by warming up in Kobe 6s, then returned to his usual shoes to close a 49-point masterpiece, sinking two free throws with 6.4 seconds left to lift the Warriors past the Spurs 109-108 in San Antonio. After Victor Wembanyama urged the crowd to rattle him, Curry egged them on and swished both, then the Warriors got a stop on De’Aaron Fox at the buzzer. Curry hit nine threes and tied Michael Jordan’s mark for 40-plus games since turning 30, his second straight 40-point outing, as Steve Kerr lauded his late-game certainty at the line.

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