Red Panda Update: The Halftime GOAT Is Out Of The Hospital With A Broken Wrist, Will Be Ready For Next Season, And Fell Because Her Unicycle Was Damaged During Transit

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ESPN- Good news, basketball fans: Red Panda intends to be ready for next season. Red Panda, the popular performer who fell off her unicycle and crashed to the court during halftime of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup final between the Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday, has a broken left wrist and will need further consultation with an orthopedic surgeon, the agency that represents her said Wednesday.

Red Panda -- her real name is Rong Niu -- spent 11 hours in a Minneapolis hospital, with a pair of Lynx staffers with her the entire time, agent Patrick Figley said. The Chinese American acrobat was heading home for treatment and recovery, which should take a few months.

"She is very grateful," Figley said. "Red Panda thanks everyone for all the kind wishes and support. It means the world to her."

The fall was caused by part of her unicycle being damaged during transit, Figley said.

In the words of the eternal Mike Breen "Bang! BANG!!!!" 

Red Panda going down hard last night sent a shockwave through the internet as the rash of serious injuries continue to plague the basketball world. But you can't keep a good woman down, let alone the most ice cold performer in halftime history, so it looks like all should be back to normal once her wrist heals up. All of us deserve some time off at some point and I imagine Red Panda is grinding all sorts of gigs throughout the calendar year not for the money, but for the love of the bowl stacking on a unicycle game. So hopefully she enjoys this break from the constant traveling and performing, while also looking into making sure she has a flawless unicycle since that fall was clearly caused by faulty equipment!

I would also thank the Basketball Halftime Gods that there was no lower body damage from that fall since I imagine that's the kind of injury that could seriously set back the career of someone that rides a unicycle for a living. I understand that makes me sound like one of those Twitter Doctor quacks that talk out of their ass every time a running back's knee buckles. But Red Panda isn't a spring chicken, so I think she got off light with a broken wrist that will give her a break from living out of a suit case as she hops from arena to arena.

Finally, it was great to not only see the entire internet rally around Red Panda last night but also a fellow performer with her level of greatness wish Panda a speedy recovery.

Along with the T'Wolves mascot showing that the bond between live game entertainers is deeper than any of us realize.

#SomeThingsAreBiggerThanSports and I cannot WAIT for the Red Panda Revenge Tour next season.