On December 4, the Thunder narrowly defeated the Spurs at home, avenging the one-arrow defeated last month. After the game, the Thunder ushered in a seven-game winning streak.

After 7 consecutive victories, their record reached 22 wins and 2 losses, and continued to lead the league's 30 teams.

The Thunder's record is improving, while Xie Kai has always ranked first in the regular season MVP rankings. Judging from his current performance and team's record, no superstar in the entire league can match him.

On December 6, the Thunder easily defeated the Jazz at home and ushered in an 8-game winning streak.

Two days later, the Thunder went to New York and narrowly defeated their opponents away, ushering in a nine-game winning streak.

After 9 consecutive victories, the Thunder's record reached 24 wins and 2 losses, and continued to rank first in the league.

The Thunder's 24 wins and 2 losses are also the best record for the team since its establishment. And their record is second only to the Warriors' amazing 73-win season.

The team's running-in is getting better and better. The three giants have clear division of labor, the role players perform their own duties, and they are all healthy, and they have the second-ranked defense in the league to serve as a base. Superstars harvest the game at critical moments, making their fault tolerance rate extremely high.

On December 10, the Thunder were away against the Grizzlies.

After Xie Kai left, the Grizzlies began to enter a stage of being neither up nor down. They were swept in the eighth round of the playoffs in the 2015-16 season. Last season, they were the seventh in the playoffs and were swept by the Thunder Gentleman.

This season, the Grizzlies lost Randolph the Black Bear in the summer, and the team's backcourt core Conley was injured and stopped. The second lineup was unstable and average, making their record this season very poor. They are currently ranked third from the bottom in the West, and only one win distance from the second from the Mavericks.

Grizzlies fans began to miss the era of Xie Kai and the Black and White Two Bears. Now almost no one said anything about Xie Kai hugging the Grizzlies' thighs, black and white Two Bears' thighs, etc. It is obvious that after leaving the Grizzlies, Xie Kai helped the Thunder win the first championship in Oxford City, and he also won the double MVP, while the Grizzlies were struggling. This fact clearly means that Xie Kai is a historical superstar. With him, the team can have infinite possibilities.

But everyone knows that Xie Kai will not go back to the Grizzlies, at least not now, and in the future, it is likely that he will not be there either. He may retire the jersey in the Grizzlies, but if he still expects him to wear the Grizzlies' jersey one day in the future, it can only be achieved in the game.

After Xie Kai left, the Grizzlies' management was a little hungry and even signed the rich and handsome Parsons, a waste who was cheating on the injury with a big contract. After the record was not good last season, the boss was unwilling to pay luxury taxes to keep the 36-year-old Black Bear, so he could only allow the team's meritorious veteran to leave.

On July 5 this year, the Sacramento Kings announced that they would sign the Black Bear Randolph with a two-year and $24 million contract. On July 7, the Grizzlies' official website posted a message to thank the Black Bears and promised to retire his No. 50 jersey.

The Grizzlies have never made public statements saying that they promised to retire his No. 22 jersey, one because he is still young, and the other because the team has always hoped that he can go back and help the team regain his No. 22 jersey, so the team has never allowed any new players to wear it. That's the reason.

On the night of the 10th, a lot of K honey came to the Grizzlies' FedEx Arena. While Xie Kai was still playing for the Grizzlies, Memphis' K honey was among the top 5 in the United States.

But after Xie Kai left, K Mi went to the FedEx Stadium to watch the game a lot less often, but Xie Kai came back and they all came back.

This stadium has not had such a high attendance rate for a long time, and it has not been a long time since there are so many fans wearing No. 22 jerseys in the stadium.

Many Grizzlies fans lamented how good it would be if all this had always existed. Some people did not think that this team was completely uncompetitive if they were missing Xie Cheng, but after two seasons, they found that without Xie Cheng, the Double Bear and Conley, they might still be a team that could compete for playoff tickets. However, when Xie Cheng and there was only one Double Bear, they could not even see the side of the playoff tickets.

Only when you lose can you know how to cherish it. This is indeed true.

Xie Kai has deep feelings for this team and this city. Here, he became an All-Star, an MVP, and won the championship. So this team has special significance to him, but he needs to grow, break out of his comfort zone, and do other things. So in the summer of 2016, he knew that this was the time for him to leave.

The three championship flags hung above the FedEx Arena are filled with the sweat that Xie Kai and his teammates have given. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the biggest contributor to these three championships.

Seeing them, Xie Kai seemed to see himself in the past.

When Xie Kai walked into the stadium and practiced, the cheers of the fans at the scene made him forget that he was a visiting team player for a while. This feeling was completely different from his sleeping train stadium in Satz City.

In this game, Tencent Live broadcast, the person responsible for commenting was Wang Meng and Yang Yi.

Wang Meng smiled and said, "Xie Kai returned to Memphis, and the fans seem to still support him!"

Yang Yi explained: "Xie Kai is the soul of this team and the founder of this team's dynasty. As long as he is not a black boy, he will not refuse to recognize his contribution to this team."

"Does Mr. Yang think the Grizzlies will retire and Xie Kai's jersey?" Wang Meng asked.

Yang Yi nodded confidently: "Of course, sure and sure!"

"Will he go back to the Grizzlies in the future?" Wang Meng continued to ask.

Yang Yi smiled and said, "This... is hard to say, I don't think it will be possible! Xie Kai has no reason to go back! He has established a dynasty there, and this is enough. There is no need to go back for that little bit of emotion."

Wang Meng said: "Okay, there is still some time left to start the game. Let's enter a section of advertisement first. Jieshibang ultra-thin..."

The starting lineup of both sides was soon announced. The Thunder team's away team was consistent with the previous one, and they were still the Big Three + Duck Egg + Patterson.

The starting lineup of the Grizzlies who play at home is: center - Marc Gasol, power forward - Jemacao Green, small forward - Andrew Harrison, shooting guard - Dillon Brooks.

Because Conley couldn't play, Tyrek Evans continued to start.

In addition to Bai Xiong, Xie Kai's starting lineup when he was in the team was beyond recognition.
Chapter completed!