NBA icon Shaquille O'Neal was pushed into Christmas tree in the TNT studio whilst he was live on air. O'Neal was featuring on Inside the NBA, during half-time of TNT's broadcast of the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers game.
Whilst giving his thoughts on the clash, he was part of an air blunder as he collided with colleague Kenny Smith. With the panel sat at their desk, the camera quickly showed Smith jump from his seat.
Another camera angle then showed 'Shaq' bundling his way through the studio, before his fellow NBA star charged over and barged him over.
The 50-year-old tumbled to the ground and into the huge Christmas tree positioned in the TNT studio. As the TV cameras panned over to the tree, just the legs of the basketball legend could be seen hanging out of the festive decorations, whilst a large bauble rolled across set.
His fellow colleagues then made their way over to the battered tree and the flat out O'Neal. As they lent a hand to help pull the 50-year-old, 'Shaq' was heard reassuring those around him and fans at home: "I'm alright, I'm alright," whilst chuckling.
Getting himself up and brushing himself down the former LA Lakers man was heard telling Smith: "This means war Kenny, this means war," as he continued to laugh about his tumble. Later in the show O'Neal was seen cleaning his beard up as the panel watched the hilarious moment.
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The clip of the 50-year-old's fall went viral across social media, and has been viewed over four million times in the space of 12 hours. Remarkably, this is not the first time O'Neal has taken a fall into a Christmas tree whilst live on air.
A video of the NBA stalwart resurfaced on social media, that showed a similar tumble whilst appearing on the half-time report seven years ago. Fans could not hold back their hysterics when realising, with @ShawnBurrier1 tweeting: "You are telling me this isnt the first time Shaq has fell into a christmas tree???"
