MATCHUP motivation?
Mere hours before Game 4 between the Heat and the Celtics kicked off, the wife of Boston forward Gordan Hayward announced some good news on Instagram: she’d just given birth to their first son.
In her announcement, Robyn good-naturedly ribbed Gordon about their current argument about what to name their baby. Robyn and Gordon already have three daughters.
“If you ask @gordonhayward his name is GT, but if you ask me and the girls his name is Theo. I miss you bunches @gordonhayward and can’t wait for you to meet him. We’re ready to watch you tonight!” she wrote.
The little bundle of joy’s full name, for the record, is Gordon Theodore Hayward.
Back in July, before entering the bubble, Hayward had resolved to go home when his wife gave birth. But a sprain he suffered during their quarterfinals round against the Sixers had changed his plans. While the 30-year-old forward’s injury had kept him out of action for most of the Celtics’ postseason run, Gordon had been able to return home and spend some time with his wife as he went through rehab.
This is only his second game back after the injury.
His wife addressed the situation in an earlier Instagram post.
“Gordon isn't going to leave the bubble for the birth so stop asking that too. Thank you," she wrote.
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