Giant Shaquille O’Neal Uses all of His 7 ft Frame to Incite Hundreds of Warriors Fans Against a Cornered Charles Barkley

Published 05/21/2022, 2:29 PM EDT

Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley are one of the funniest duos on TV around basketball. They work together as basketball analysts on TNT’s “Inside The NBA” show along with Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson Jr.

Now the crew is covering every game in the playoffs. The Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors are up against each other in the Western Conference finals. Recently, Barkley himself had turned an entire city against him with his comments about the Golden State Warriors before game 1. So after the game 1 win, the fans chanted “Chuck, you suck!”

For game 2, Charles was wearing a Dallas Mavs jersey, adding fuel to the fire. The Warriors won game 2 to take a 2-0 lead against the Mavericks. During the post-match discussion, the crew was sitting in front of hundreds of Warriors fans.

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And when the show was about to end, Kenny revealed a shirt to the crew which said: “The Area Hates You Too”. And Shaquille O’Neal helped to display the shirt to the fans and the cameras around.

Shaquille O’Neal predicts the Warriors to win it all

During the show, Earnie also revealed some predictions made by the crew during the regular season. While most of the predictions were correct or close, some were way off. But there was one interesting prediction from Shaq where he claimed that the Golden State Warriors will win the NBA title this year.

The Warriors have been solid so far in the playoffs. In the first round, Stephen Curry and the Warriors comfortably defeated MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets 4-1. And the injury-ridden Nuggets team could win just one game.

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In the Conference semi-finals, the Warriors faced MIP Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies. And the Warriors won the series 4-2 to break the hearts of the Grizzlies’ fans.

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Now the Warriors face Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference finals. After the first two games, the Warriors have taken a 2-0 lead. If anything, we have learned from the Warriors’ previous rounds; it is one superstar doesn’t stand a chance. So, to put up a fight, the Mavs need more than Luka. They need all their players to show up and contribute.

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But it looks like the Warriors are the favorites to reach the finals. And they have the potential to win the NBA title and make Shaq’s prediction come true.

So far in the playoffs, Stephen curry leads the team in points per game with 26.8. He averages 5.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in the playoffs. And Draymond Green is leading the Warriors in three departments, rebounds, assists, and blocks. He averages 7.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 1.1 blocks per game.

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Bagavathi Eswaran is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He has been playing the game of basketball for more than 20 years now and has also been following the NBA for more than 10 years. After not being able to go pro, this former college player decided to join the IT industry.

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Ajinkya Aswale

Giant Shaquille O’Neal Uses all of His 7 ft Frame to Incite Hundreds of Warriors Fans Against a Cornered Charles Barkley

Shaquille O’Neal predicts the Warriors to win it all

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