When a free agent starts sending messages in plain sight, you pay attention, and Stephen Curry just did. For the second straight game, he torched the Spurs, this time with a season-high 49 and two free throws to close it out. But the moment everyone replayed was his gesture: a raised “23” (MJ’s jersey) after parting ways with Under Armour. Was it a shot at greatness, or a signal about his next deal?

They might have a connection through golf. However, Curry knew what he accomplished the moment he threw up MJ’s numbers. His sizzling night gave him his 44 forty-point game since turning 30. He now stands equal with the 10-time scoring champion in the most 40-point games since turning 30, and Curry wanted to etch this memory with something special.

“I was aware of it for sure. I didn’t know

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