Popular NBA performer and Chinese-American acrobat Red Panda was last seen by basketball fans during the halftime show of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup final between the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx. She suffered a serious left-wrist fracture after a fall from her unicycle, an accident that required surgery following an extended hospital stay.
Now, she is back performing in the NBA, making her 2025-26 debut at the halftime show of the game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Chicago Bulls. A video posted on X by ClutchPoints features Rong “Krystal” Niu performing her signature act of riding a seven-foot unicycle while flipping and stacking bowls on her head. Expand Tweet
Met with enthusiastic cheers throughout, the video features an awed crowd with a familiar tune playing i

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