He even compared him to Olsen's father, definitely with the intention of matchmaking.

"My grandma said that if you don't accept it, she won't see me again, so..."

Tang Tian couldn't help but laugh. This old lady was too interesting. If he had the chance in the future, he would definitely go and see her.

"Okay, then I'll accept it."

As Tang Tian spoke, he took the bracelet and the box together.

Olsen's face lit up with a happy smile.

The Mavericks arrived in San Antonio a day early and also held a warm-up training session in the adjacent training hall in the morning.

Nowitzki and Terry were chatting and laughing, and Carter was even having a dunk contest with Brandan Wright. The atmosphere of the team seemed very relaxed.

This team was mainly composed of veterans, and they were full of playoff experience.

Although they qualified as the eighth seed in the West and their first-round opponent was the Spurs, it was difficult to see any tension on their faces.

After the training session, most of the players, along with head coach Carlisle, declined media interviews and went straight back to the locker room.

However, Jason Terry was an exception. He had always been a big mouth. He was even stopped by Nowitzki from trash-talking during last year's finals, and he was not at all resistant to interviews.

"Jason, the Spurs and Mavericks have played against each other 4 times in the past 20 years, but you have lost 3 of them. Will this affect your confidence in the series?"

The reporter was from San Antonio, the older female reporter, Katherine, who had interviewed Tang Tian last time. This question was very aggressive right from the start.

"I don't remember that many times. Since I joined this team, we have played against them twice, with 1 win and 1 loss. This will be the second time we win the series."

Terry was indeed a big mouth, and this answer was not polite at all.

Katherine smiled. Terry only joined the Mavericks in '04, so what he said was actually not a problem.

"The last time the two teams played against each other was in '06, when your record was the best in the West, but this time you are challenging the best in the West as the eighth seed. What will be different?"

Katherine continued to ask.

"You know we've also experienced eighth versus first before, that was in '07, we experienced the Black Eight." Terry said, scratching his forehead.

Katherine nodded. That year, the Mavericks had just been reversed by the Heat in the '06 Finals, and after another season of adjustment, their strength reached its peak.

They had a team-best 67 wins in the season, and were preparing to avenge their shame, but were eliminated by the Warriors 4-2 in the first round, creating the most classic Black Eight miracle in NBA history.

"So we have experience in this area, we've experienced it, and we've learned from it, we know how to face the best in the West as the eighth seed."

Terry continued, the previous words were a foreshadowing, and what he said was still full of confidence.

Katherine felt helpless, this Terry, like Tang Tian she had interviewed before, was not so easy to deal with.

"Oh, right, I remembered something, I need you to pass a message to Tang Tian of the Spurs."

Terry said to Katherine proactively at this time.

Katherine was puzzled. How did Terry suddenly mention Tang Tian?

"You know that Richard (Jefferson) and I are both alumni of the University of Arizona. When UConn and Arizona played in the Sweet Sixteen last year, I once agreed with him that I would eliminate his team in the playoffs to win the championship. Now that he has left the Spurs, but Tang on that day is with the Spurs, so this agreement is still valid."

Terry continued.

Last year in the Sweet Sixteen, UConn and the University of Arizona played against each other, and Terry and Jefferson went to the scene.

Terry initially invited Jefferson to join the Mavericks but failed. Both of them declared that they would eliminate each other to win the championship.

Now that Jefferson unexpectedly left the Spurs, Terry was putting this debt on Tang Tian.

Katherine didn't expect this, but compared to the previous two questions, this was obviously the answer she preferred.

Trash talk before the game, this was to provoke a war of words between the two sides directly like last year's finals.

Katherine quickly released Terry's interview.

In the era of rapid development of self-media, these words quickly reached the ears of the Spurs players.

Two hours before the start of the game, the players from both sides entered the arena one after another.

The Spurs players began to change clothes in the locker room one after another.

"Tang, did you hear that? That guy Jason is trash-talking you from afar."

Diaw said to Tang Tian with a smile.

"What?"

Tang Tian hadn't been on social media these past two days and didn't know what Terry had said.

Diaw told him everything.

After Tang Tian heard it, he couldn't help but smile wryly. How could Terry's agreement with Jefferson be forcibly counted on his head?

"Don't pay attention to that, that guy is always like that, don't let his words affect your game state."

Ginobili reminded at this time.

"I know, isn't he talking about the agreement with Richard? Then he should go to the Bobcats."

Tang Tian said with a smile.

Terry's purpose in doing so was similar to what Ginobili said.

Although Terry said it easily, it was never easy for the eighth seed to play the first seed. Looking at the history of the NBA, there have only been 4 Black Eights in the 55 years since its establishment.

To complete this low-probability event, in addition to praying for injuries or internal conflicts on the other side, you can only use this kind of off-court trick.

Of course, Terry was also cheering for the Mavericks in disguise.

But no matter what the reason, Tang Tian didn't take it seriously.

If Jefferson had a good relationship with him like Green, he would have said that he would help with some trash talk, but the problem was that he and Jefferson didn't have a good relationship.

Moreover, Jefferson was not even on the Spurs team at this time, he was too bored to take on this kind of trash talk.

Half an hour before the game, Budenholzer came to call the players to the court.

Before going on the court, there was no high-pitched slogan, and the players walked out of the locker room calmly.

The Spurs were determined to win the championship this season, even though their opponent was the defending champion Mavericks.

But for them, this was just the first round of the game, and what they had to do was to steadily win the opponent and get off to a good start.

Tang Tian and the players walked out of the locker room together.

Today's AT&T Center was a little different from usual. The scene was bustling and the attendance rate was full, this was the first time this season.

Like the fans in Dallas, when they encountered the Texas Civil War, and it was still in the playoffs, even the fans in San Antonio found it difficult to sit at home anymore.

Tang Tian saw that many fans were holding up signs of "Godfather", and there were also a small number of "Tang Ritian".

As his performance became more and more outstanding, his fan base in San Antonio was also increasing.

Tang Tian saw Olsen in the front row, sitting there with her hands on her knees, looking towards him.