O’Neal invaded ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” set on Thursday minutes before Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Pacers and Thunder. Midway through the show, O’Neal made his way onto the set and was met with tons of laughter from hosts Stephen A. Smith, Malika Andrews, Bob Myers and Kendrick Perkins.

Shaquille O’Neal crashes ESPN’s NBA Countdown set ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Pacers and Thunder.

ESPN will air television's most popular NBA pre- and postgame show, Inside the NBA, beginning next season via a licensing deal with TNT. With TNT losing NBA rights, which now lay with Amazon and NBC as well as existing partner ESPN,