Chapter 1072 Receive the championship ring
After the game, those who supported Xie Kai naturally blew on each other, and those who kept sarcastic and ridiculed him for not being able to score high scores could only choose to shut up. There is no way, the high scores were placed there. You can't pretend to be blind and pretend not to see it, right?
There are very few people who can score 70 points in history, and many of them are ancient masters. In recent years, it seems that only Devin Booker has scored 70 points.
However, Booker's 70 points still encountered a lot of criticism because he was suspected of scoring points. Xie Kai was not suspected of scoring points. First of all, their team was always behind, and the opponent was the Spurs, not the bottom team. Secondly, the game did not enter garbage time until the last 2 minutes, and the suspense was lost. Third, Xie Kai did not shoot in waves, and his shots did not reach 40. High scores depend on high hit rate, not on the number of shots.
With this game, Xie Kai surpassed many masters in the regular season single-game scoring, including Jordan, the first player in history.
Jordan's highest score in a single game was 69 points, although it was infinitely close to 70, but it was not reached. Of course, the NBA will not include the highest score in a single game in the historical position of selecting stars, and even the MVP selection does not account for a large share. Instead, the team's record, high-level data and personal contribution to the team are regarded as important indicators, in order not to allow those stars to make crazy moves to score points in order to pursue personal honor.
But even though that is the case, whether it is the selection of MVP or historical status, it is all people rated it, so the sensory impact of this single-game explosion score is still very large and can still affect the judges' judgment to a certain extent.
Stars need representative battles, and Xie Kai has at least two representative battles this season. This has laid a good foundation for him to compete for the unprecedented 4-game regular season MVP. If the season really ends, the Clippers are the league's number one, and his data is even more explosive last season, it is really unreasonable to not give him the MVP. You should know that the Clippers' record last season was only 8th in the Western Conference.
On December 22, the Clippers played against the Thunder back-to-back away game.
The attention of this game is very high, not because the Thunder this season is a champion team, but because this is Xie Kai's first time since joining the Clippers this season, he returned to Russia and returned to the Ford Center Arena to play.
What will happen to Xie Kai when facing his old boss is something everyone is looking forward to seeing.
In addition to the highlight of the competition with the old club, Xie Kai, Paulo and Patterson, the three starting points of the Thunder last season, will receive their championship ring before the game begins. This is a historic moment because this ring symbolizes a dynasty belonging to the Thunder.
K Mi of Oshiro went to grab the ticket early to see Xie Kai receive his 6th championship ring on the spot. The importance of this ring to him is that he will officially be on par with Jordan in terms of ring count.
Xie Kai and Jordan both have 6 championship rings. Both have experienced two three consecutive championships, and the former is also the closest existence in history to the latter. It can be said that if anyone else has the opportunity to challenge Jordan's position as the number one in history, then this person must be Xie Kai.
This game was the highest attendance game for the Ford Center Arena this season. Since the Thunder announced its reconstruction, many K-Mi, Picky Pepper Milk, and Turtle Milk have been angry and have gone to watch the game on site. Therefore, this stadium, which has been popular in the past few seasons, has instantly become much deserted. In addition to the hard-core team, most of the star Milk has left, which has caused the team's attention, box office and peripheral product sales to suffer a big decline.
There are not many passers-by fans who are willing to watch a rebuilding team game, even if the team's record is not bad. However, because this team has been too brilliant in the past few years, everyone has high expectations for them. It is difficult to go from extravagant to frugality, so Winning Mi is certainly unwilling to support a rebuilding team, which is very normal.
Xie Kai was also very moved. He returned to the familiar city and the familiar stadium, but this place was no longer his home. His popularity in Oxford City is still very strong. At the airport, a large number of fans held his posters to pick him up, which really touched him.
People have feelings, and Xie Kai is no exception. There is nothing wrong with the fans. They support themselves and they are not renewed by the team. It has nothing to do with them. This is a different matter.
He was very familiar with the staff in the Ford Center Arena. Before he entered the visiting team's locker room, he took photos with many staff members. He never refused such requests.
When practicing before the game, Xie Kai took the initiative to shake hands and hug him with Thunder coach Billy Donovan, assistant coaches and former teammates. Goodbye is also a world of martial arts. He missed the past three years here.
Before the game started, the live screen played the wonderful performances of Xie Kai, Paulo and Patterson during the past three seasons of playing in the Thunder. Fans stood up and applauded them and shouted the names of the three.
After the film was broadcast, Thunder General Manager Presti personally handed over the championship ring of last season to Xie Kai and three others. At this time, the atmosphere on the scene reached a climax.
The players of the Clippers and the new players of the Thunder this season all looked at this scene with envious eyes. They were not the champions of last season, but it was so happy to feel that it was to have their own championship ring.
Not many people paid attention to the game. For the Thunder, losing is not a bad thing, they are rebuilding. And Xie Kai's arrival makes the Clippers feel like they are going from a visiting team to a home team, which is indeed a bit strange, but it is reasonable.
In the end, with Paul's outstanding performance, the Thunder narrowly defeated the Clippers at home, ending their opponent's eight consecutive wins and giving them the opponent a fifth loss this season.
Xie Kai performed averagely and won 27+5+5+1+1. For him, this data was really too average, so the team also lost.
After losing this game, the Clippers' record reached 27 wins and 5 losses, continuing to rank first in the league.
After the game with the Thunder, it has been a few days since Christmas. The NBA's Christmas battle has been held for many years, and this year is no exception. The Clippers are naturally arranged to play the Christmas battle, and their opponent is the same city rival Lakers.
The two teams played the season opening game, and this game will be the second time the two teams met this season.
Unlike the last meeting, both teams have experienced about 30 games of running-in, and the lineup is very neat, so the dialogue in this game will be more valuable for reference.
This game will be broadcast live across the United States, and the tickets for the game were sold out early, and even the scalpers had no tickets in their hands.
Chapter completed!