Excellent news, basketball followers: Pink Panda intends to be prepared for subsequent season.
Pink Panda, the favored performer who fell off her unicycle and crashed to the courtroom throughout halftime of the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup last between the Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday, has a damaged left wrist and can want additional session with an orthopedic surgeon, the company that represents her stated Wednesday.
Pink Panda — her actual title is Rong Niu — spent 11 hours in a Minneapolis hospital, with a pair of Lynx staffers together with her the complete time, agent Patrick Figley stated. The Chinese language American acrobat was heading dwelling for remedy and restoration, which ought to take just a few months.
“She could be very grateful,” Figley stated. “Pink Panda thanks everybody for all the sort needs and assist. It means the world to her.”
The autumn was attributable to a part of her unicycle being broken throughout transit, Figley stated.
The Fever received the sport in Minneapolis, and through their postgame locker room celebration, Indiana star Caitlin Clark was amongst these — on teammate Sydney Colson‘s livestream on Instagram — to ship Pink Panda nicely needs.
“Pink Panda, in the event you’re watching, we love you,” Clark stated.
Pink Panda fell ahead off her {custom} unicycle, which is about 8 ft excessive, onto the courtroom shortly after her efficiency began Tuesday evening. She instantly grabbed at her left wrist and was finally helped off the ground by wheelchair earlier than being transported by ambulance to a hospital.
She comes from a household of performing acrobats. Her act consists of her driving on the unicycle and balancing custom-made bowls on her decrease leg earlier than flipping them atop her head.
She has carried out at numerous basketball video games, together with Sport 5 of the NBA Finals final month in Oklahoma Metropolis.
“She very a lot appreciates all of the assist she is receiving,” Figley stated.