Chapter 1 The Bitterness of the Spurs

The Pelicans and Warriors were rivals, encountering each other five times in the playoffs, with wins and losses for both.

But when it came to the Spurs, the Pelicans were their nemesis.

Since Tang Tian arrived at the Pelicans, the team had faced the Spurs twice in the playoffs.

Once in the 2014-2015 season, when the Pelicans lost to the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals, but in the semifinals, they eliminated the Spurs.

And once in the just-concluded 2017-2018 season, the Pelicans' 80-win season, they directly swept the Spurs.

For Spurs fans, this year was the best chance for revenge.

Whether it was regular season or playoff performance, or even roster configuration, the Spurs were a perfect counter to this Pelicans team.

Even in the regular season matchups between the two teams, the Spurs held an absolute advantage with a 3-1 record.

In the predictions given by various experts before the start of the playoffs, the Spurs' probability of winning the championship was also significantly higher than the Pelicans'.

Even the odds offered by gambling websites were higher for the Pelicans than for the Spurs.

However, Pelicans fans had not lost confidence in their team because of this.

The main reason, of course, was because they had Tang Tian.

With Tang Tian, anything was possible.

With three days left until the start of the second round of the playoffs, the Pelicans were actively preparing for the next series.

Winning the first round easily, Stevens also gave the players a heads-up through video analysis and pep talks.

Although they had won the past two playoff encounters with the Pelicans, this Spurs team was S+ level, and this series would be a hard fight no matter what.

However, Tang Tian was absent from the team's training session.

It wasn't because he was being lazy or had an injury, but because it was Olsen's due date.

Olsen was scheduled to have a C-section this afternoon.

Waiting outside the operating room were his parents, Olsen's parents, and even Yongqi and Downs, who were already over two years old.

Compared to last time, the look of tension on his face was much less.

After all, the first pregnancy was twins, this time it was just one.

Besides looking at the operating room from time to time, he was thinking about his son's name.

Everyone has different naming habits for their children, like Kobe, who had the name ready as soon as he found out about the pregnancy.

But Tang Tian, on the other hand, usually thought about it after the child was born, and just went with whatever he liked.

The twins were named Tang Yongqi and Tang Si (Downs), if you didn't see them together, you probably wouldn't think they were twins based on their names.

He had thought of many names before, and the two of them had discussed it for a long time.

But this time, Tang Tian glanced at his two sons, and a name suddenly popped into his head.

His third son, Tang San!

Although the name was simple, it was popular and easy to understand.

And if Tang San played professional basketball in the future, he even had the English name ready.

Three.

This English word, which represents a three-pointer in the mouths of NBA commentators, was very catchy in games.

It just depended on whether Olsen would agree.

After waiting for a long time, the door to the operating room was pushed open, and a nurse came out holding the baby.

A chubby, round baby.

Olsen had eaten a lot of good food before to have a girl, so the nutrition was obviously excellent.

Tang Tian's parents and Olsen's parents were all smiles.

The baby was taken to get vaccinated, and after Tang Tian waited for a while longer, Olsen was also wheeled out of the operating room.

Compared to giving birth to twins last time, her spirits were obviously much better.

Back in the ward, other than the wound hurting a bit because the anesthesia had worn off, she was pretty much the same as before entering the ward.

Putting aside the brain, in terms of physical fitness alone, Caucasians and blacks definitely recovered better than Asians.

Olsen had recovered pretty well, and Tang Tian talked to her about the baby's name.

"I like this name."

To Tang Tian's surprise, Olsen really liked the name Tang San.

But that was normal, whether it was Yongqi or Tang Si before, the English names weren't that connected.

But with Tang San, San could be directly translated into English, and it was also the third son, so it was very relevant.

With the name settled, Tang Tian held the baby next to Olsen.

"San, San."

Olsen was also very happy, softly calling Tang San's name, it was obvious that she really liked it.

Tang San also seemed to be able to hear it, responding with cooing sounds, and soon snuggled up to Olsen's chest.

Compared to his two older brothers, he looked a lot cuter.

Tang Tian also took a picture of Tang San later on and posted it on social media.

Like when he announced the pregnancy before, his Twitter instantly became a trending topic, and attracted a lot of comments.

Tatum: An excellent name, congratulations Tang!

Gail Benson: A name that sounds so good, congratulations to Tang San for joining the Tang family!

Nike: This is definitely the most perfect name in the world, congratulations Tang, we will discount the Godfather series shoes again to celebrate!

Kobe: I like this kid, San, I'll teach him how to shoot in the future!

Curry: You can tell from the name that he will be a three-point shooter in the future, so let me do it.

Davis: Looking at San's physique, he will definitely be an inside player in the future, so let me do it.

Butler: I am this child's godfather, don't any of you try to take him from me! [○･｀Д´･○]

Fan 1: The Chinese team also has a starting center.

Passerby 1: Speaking of this name… as an online novel reader, isn't this the name of the protagonist of Douluo Dalu?

Passerby 2: Does Tang also read online novels?

Passerby 3: I think it's very suitable, Tang San's father is called Tang Hao, isn't that Tang Ritian (Tang Fucks the Heavens) when you take it apart? Isn't that one of Tang Tian's nicknames?

Passerby 4: It couldn't be more suitable, I hope Tang San can surpass his father in the NBA in the future!

……

Many people commented under the tweet, and many people arrived at the hospital the next day.

Davis, Walker, Butler, Thompson, Irving, and those brothers who practiced hard all came over one after another.

And Duncan and Ginobili too.

And Napier and Lamb, those UConn teammates, also came.

Even Nike and FOX sent special personnel to visit.

Tang Tian's current influence, if this private hospital had a threshold, it would have been trampled flat.

The hospital seemed very busy.

But among these people who came, there was one Tang Tian didn't expect.

Yao Ming actually came all the way from China.

Tang Tian also talked to him alone for a long time.

Besides congratulating him and giving gifts, Yao Ming's visit this time had another very important matter, which was about the Men's Basketball World Cup in the summer.

What was somewhat different from the World Cup in history was that this World Cup would start earlier, around mid-August.

This was also what Tang Tian had previously suggested to Yao Ming to apply to FIBA for.

Because if it was half a month earlier than in history, it could avoid the training camp time of the NBA teams, so more stars would participate in the World Cup.

Yao Ming came this time because of a temporary situation with the national team.