Harry the Hawk's acrobatics went badly, painfully wrong in the play-offs

You'd be forgiven for not knowing that the NBA playoffs are currently going on. They are, there's your sports update.

The pertinent game was the Atlanta Hawks defeating the Boston Celtics 89-72 in the second game of the first round.

On a huge anniversary for the Celtics...

... they succumbed to trail 2-0 in the seven game series.

But that's not the news. The news is that the Atlanta mascot, Harry the Hawk, may have done himself a serious mischief with some seat acrobatics.

Eagle-eyed viewers may have seen the failed stunt during the live coverage of the game at the bottom of the screen.

Let's get a replay of that

And a close-up...

The Hawks took to Twitter for immediate reaction to their injured team member:

Sympathetic.

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