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McAfee & Co. nonstop champion wishes to Red Panda (2:11)
Pat McAfee and his unit nonstop emotion to Red Panda, who was injured successful a autumn during her show astatine halftime of the Lynx-Fever game. (2:11)
Associated Press
Jul 2, 2025, 07:33 PM ET
Good news, hoops fans: Red Panda intends to beryllium acceptable for adjacent season.
Red Panda, the fashionable performer who fell disconnected her unicycle and crashed to the tribunal during halftime of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup last betwixt the Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx connected Tuesday, has a breached near wrist and volition request further consultation with an orthopedic surgeon, the bureau that represents her said Wednesday.
Red Panda -- her existent sanction is Rong Niu -- spent 11 hours successful a Minneapolis hospital, with a brace of Lynx staffers with her the full time, cause Patrick Figley said. The Chinese American acrobat was heading location for attraction and recovery, which should instrumentality a fewer months.
"She is precise grateful," Figley said. "Red Panda acknowledgment everyone for each the benignant wishes and support. It means the satellite to her."
The autumn was caused by portion of her unicycle being damaged during transit, Figley said.
The Fever won the crippled successful Minneapolis, and during their postgame locker country celebration, Indiana prima Caitlin Clark was among those -- connected teammate Sydney Colson's unrecorded watercourse connected Instagram -- to nonstop Red Panda well-wishes.
"Red Panda, if you're watching, we emotion you," Clark said.
Red Panda fell guardant disconnected her customized unicycle -- it's astir 8 feet precocious -- onto the tribunal soon aft her show started Tuesday night. She instantly grabbed astatine her near wrist and was yet helped disconnected the level by wheelchair earlier being transported by ambulance to a hospital.
She comes from a household of performing acrobats. Her enactment is composed of her riding connected the unicycle and balancing custom-made bowls connected her little limb earlier flipping them atop her head.
She has performed astatine countless hoops games, including Game 5 of the NBA Finals past period successful Oklahoma City.
"She precise overmuch appreciates each the enactment she is receiving," Figley said.
