Things are not going well for the Miami Heat right now. The team is in a deep hole at the NBA Finals, but the team’s mascot has it even worse.
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Heat mascot Burnie was involved in a skit during Friday’s loss to the Denver Nuggets involving Conor McGregor, the mixed martial arts legend. These things can go wrong at times — Red Panda, who juggles plates during halftime performances during the season, even drops a plate or too sometimes and the quickchange artist can err — but this was on another level.Stay on the ball with the 306 Sports Fix newsletter.
the man ended up in the emergency room of a Miami hospital. But not before McGregor sprayed him with the product as he was being dragged off the floor.Article content
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