For some reason, scaring professional athletes is much funnier than simply pranking regular people. Perhaps it’s the fact that they attempt to always appear confident and strong.

Either way, it’s no surprise this video posted by Jerewy How of the Houston Rockets’ mascot pranking players after practice has gone viral over the weekend, with over 1.5 million views so far! 

The video is featured on HuffingtonPost, DailyMail, and Yahoo