In the fourth quarter of the Suns-Wizards game on Tuesday night in Phoenix, the Suns’ gorilla mascot went diving onto the court in the middle of game action.
Here’s video evidence:
WATCH: Gorilla slide! Safe! 🔥🏀🤷🏼♂️👏pic.twitter.com/kbiLU2aH1R
— Matt Rodewald (@Matt_Rodewald) March 8, 2017
Why did the gorilla do this? It seems there was an object on the court:
closer look shows the Suns Gorilla grabbed an object that rolled onto the court pic.twitter.com/yMZSZuhB1g
— Danny (@recordsANDradio) March 8, 2017
That’s some A+ awareness and hustle, and provided a rare moment of intrigue for a Phoenix team that owns the NBA’s third-worst record this season at 21-43. And yes, they lost this game to the Wizards, 131-127.