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Rare Video of Shaquille O’Neal Demolishing Charles Barkley at the Rim Leaves NBA Fans in Disbelief
While the NBA is full of superstar duos, Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley form the best duo outside the basketball court. They are two of the most important panelists on the show, ‘Inside the NBA’ and their antics and pranks are well known.
Interestingly enough, an old clip of Shaq dunking over Barkley resurfaced on the Internet. In an Instagram reel shared by Shaq himself, O’Neal dunks over Chuck and bodies him on national television.
Moreover, this clip has left fans on the internet in disbelief. This incident between the two has received little attention from fans up until Shaq shared it on his story.
Shaquille O’Neal violates Charles Barkley in an old clip
Who doesn’t love Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley? The two NBA legends are part of the ‘Inside the NBA’ analysts and they are the lifelines of the show.
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 13: (L-R) Shaquille O’Neal, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley appear on stage during the Turner Upfront 2015 at Madison Square Garden on May 13, 2015, in New York City.
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The fans regularly wait for their pranks, antics, and hot takes, and the two end up going viral every time. Interestingly enough, the two Hall of Famers try to get the better of each other at every given moment.
Safe to say, Shaq has safely won a battle against Barkley. However, this came during their playing days. In an old clip shared by Shaq on his story, he dunks over Barkley.
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Despite having a short run-up, O’Neal successfully dunked over Chuck. Furthermore, it seems this clip is relatively unknown.
The video is captioned, “Why Have We Never Seen This Before?” and most of the comments under the post talk about the same.
The two have faced each other 19 times during the course of their career. However, Shaq has the upper hand over Chuck. He has an 11-8 winning record including 3 wins in the playoffs. (Source: landofbasketball.com)
Fans react to Shaq’s dunk
With Shaq’s dunk over Barkley doing the rounds of the internet, fans on popular social media platform Instagram have given their reactions.
One user wrote, “Barkley tried to elbow Shaq while he got dunked and on. He dirty player.” While another wrote, “Shaq did that to the whole league, nothing new.”
However, it seems some fans remember this event. A user wrote, “I remember this!! Was on NBC in 93 or 94?!! SLAM magazine had this poster on a page spread tho.”
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