"Two days ago, Steph Curry dropped a 49-piece on the San Antonio Spurs, tying Michael Jordan's NBA record of 40-point games after age 30 with 44. Hunched over the post-game presser mic, a reporter asked Curry to use a reference to make sense of his performance. The point guard paused for a moment, rubbing his hands all over his head. "I was Hayley Williams in Paramore tonight," he declared and then exited."
"The Venn diagram of NBA players and Paramore fans means a lot to her, because basketball was among her first loves. Her grandfather used to make her shoot free throws until she made ten in a row. If she missed one, she had to start over again. Before her parents' divorce plucked her out of southeast Mississippi, she made her junior high school's girl's team."
Steph Curry scored 49 points against the San Antonio Spurs, tying Michael Jordan's mark for 40-point games after age 30 with his 44th such game. After the game, Curry likened his performance to Hayley Williams performing with Paramore and previously joined the band onstage in 2023 to sing "Misery Business." Williams describes basketball as an early passion shaped by her grandfather's free-throw drills and playing on her junior high school's girls team before her parents' divorce moved her from southeast Mississippi. Williams dreams of sitting courtside and confirms playing with neighborhood boys, including one named Rodney who was said to reach the NBA.
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