This gives a whole new gravitas to the term 'Shaq Attack'... According to Uproxx, when the towering basketball player got up to do his "his customary run with Kenny Smith to the big screen" during halftime of the Clippers Rockets game, he seemed to trip over a rogue monitor and snot himself across the studio floor.
Then Twitter got involved...
Video: Shaquille O'Neal falls during NBA on TNT show: Shaquille O'Neal, all -… https://t.co/UkNzlimD3N pic.twitter.com/KM41D95bSC
— NewYork (@NewYorkLoving) May 7, 2015
RT SLAMonline Best Shaquille O'Neal Wipe Out Memes (PHOTOS) https://t.co/c23VkkLxSR #shaqtinafall pic.twitter.com/rGHzU44qQ8
— LeBron James (@LeBronsTimeline) May 7, 2015
So it begins pic.twitter.com/OfxGaAcr4h
— Mars (@MarsBlvck) May 7, 2015
On a positive note, no Christmas trees were taken out in the process this time.
Kenny Smith sends Shaquille O'Neal crashing into Christmas tree on TNT halftime show https://t.co/Pir8AONnD9 pic.twitter.com/L06Wk1sd6o
— Troy Machir (@TroyMachir) December 26, 2014
While no bones were physically broken in the making of this TV/Internet magic, shame the same can't be said for the pride in the house.
I almost broke my dam leg lol #downgoesshaq #shaqtinafall
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) May 7, 2015