SALT LAKE CITY — The pregame warmups of Utah Jazz guards Donovan Mitchell and Ricky Rubio were interrupted by an any unlikely object on Friday night.
A flying bat soared near the court roughly an hour before the Jazz’s tipoff against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Vivint Arena, slipping past numerous security guards before finally being caught in a net by the Jazz Bear mascot.
There is a random bat flying around on the court during Donovan Mitchell and Ricky Rubio’s pregame routine. Mitchell is freaking out. Lol pic.twitter.com/1hEuI3wdFs
— Eric Woodyard (@E_Woodyard) January 26, 2019
Fans cheered as Jazz Bear strolled off the court with the flying mammal in the net as neither Mitchell nor Rubio could fully focus.