{"id":272968,"date":"2025-11-05T12:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272968\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:09:09","slug":"red-panda-makes-nba-return-roughly-4-months-after-breaking-wrist-in-fall-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272968\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Panda makes NBA return, roughly 4 months after breaking wrist in fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      AP<br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhlgy4n800db26qlha0xh2kx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Red Panda wasn\u2019t on the injured list for very long.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhlh4rpo000a356n48poi5bw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The popular halftime performer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1985896330661675407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">made her NBA return on Tuesday night<\/a> in Chicago when the Bulls hosted the Philadelphia 76ers. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/01\/sport\/popular-unicycle-performer-red-panda-injured-halftime-spt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broke her left wrist<\/a> during a July 1 performance at the WNBA Commissioner\u2019s Cup final between the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhlh4rpo000b356npggsamo0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Red Panda \u2014 whose real name is Rong Niu \u2014 spent <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/red-panda-unicycle-injured-070830311741744e18a141c8e98749a8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">11 hours in a Minneapolis hospital<\/a> after the fall. Her agent, Patrick Figley, said Tuesday that Niu first returned from the injury on October 23 for an Amazon Prime event and she has also made a few appearances at universities.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhlh4rpo000c356n5fdm3ee1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Chinese American performer\u2019s act is composed of her riding on the unicycle and balancing custom-made bowls on her lower leg before flipping them atop her head.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhlh4rpo000d356n7u2y4nr3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She has been a mainstay at countless NBA and college basketball games over the past several years, including Game 5 of the NBA Finals in June in Oklahoma City.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ap25309090167092.jpg\" alt=\"Red Panda had suffered a broken wrist from a fall in July.\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1955\" width=\"1303\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AP \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Red Panda wasn\u2019t on the injured list for very long. 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