During a break in the WNBA Commissioner Cup final between the Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday night, a well-known halftime performer named Red Panda fell off her unicycle and hit the court. The Chinese-American acrobat, whose real name is Rong Niu, appeared to injure her left wrist after the fall and was taken away in a wheelchair, then later seen leaving the Target Center by ambulance. Red Panda is famous for her daring act that involves riding an eight-foot tall custom unicycle while balancing and performing flips with a bowl on her head. Many fans and players, including Fever star Kate Linklark, expressed their support and concern for her recovery. Red Panda has also performed at numerous high-profile basketball games, including Game 5 of last month\u2019s NBA Finals in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n
Fan Take: This incident highlights the risks performers take to entertain fans during basketball events, adding to the drama beyond the game itself. Red Panda\u2019s acts are a unique part of the basketball culture, and her well-being is important to both fans and the broader sports community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
During a break in the WNBA Commissioner Cup final between the Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday night, a well-known halftime performer named Red Panda fell off her unicycle and hit the court. The Chinese-American acrobat, whose real name is Rong Niu, appeared to injure her left wrist after the fall and was taken […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[39],"class_list":{"0":"post-10425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}