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Shaquille O?Neal is a giant of a person. His weight, height, and physique helped him dominate practically anyone on the court in his playing days. He was known for his special and insulting dunks. He could dunk on anyone with the leap and his height, and for the same reason, it was difficult for anyone else to dunk on the Shaq Diesel.

Shaq stands second on the list of most dunks in the history of the game. His particular style of dunking saw him swing while hanging from the rim. It was insulting for the person he would dunk on, which in turn just asserted his dominance most times.

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In his active career, he was too dominant in the paint and his utter strength was rim play. O’Neal would screen the players and protect the ball before driving towards the basket. ?

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The former NBA champion was hardly ever dunked on. However, there is a particular number of times Shaq himself says he was dunked on, and he also revealed the players who did it.

Shaquille O’Neal reveals he was dunked on only thrice in his 19-year-career

Shaq, in the recent episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq, admitted that he had been dunked on thrice in his whole career. Interviewer Nischelle Turner asked the 4-time NBA champion in shock whether he really was dunked on only thrice in his 19-year spell in the NBA.

The former Lakers star answered, ?Three times. Yes! Derrick Coleman got me with a left. Michael Jordan came baseline one time. And then a guy named Tim Perry who played for Philly. Listen, I had a lot of dunk by?s, where you know people dunk by. But I am talking about chest to chest, ba**s to face, ba**s to shoulder. I?ve never been dunked on like that. Never, not like that!?

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The conversation was about Andrew Wiggins? poster dunk on Luka Doncic. The three were talking about how good the dunk was, how impressive Wiggins was and how embarrassing it must have been for the Dallas Mavericks’ star.?

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During the podcast episode, O’Neal also shared his reaction to the dunk when he saw it live. He said, ?I almost choked! Because I had a pretzel. When he did it, I was like? I was chewing and I was like, ouhh… I was like, damn! And the part where Luka act like he got hit in the face. Nah, you ain?t got hit in the face. He did not get hit in the face. He dunked it in your face, but you didn?t get hit in the face.?

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Luka held his face after the dunk, which was called an offensive foul. However, Steve Kerr challenged it, the decision was overturned, and the dunk stood.