VIDEO: Hilarious Clip of Shaquille O’Neal Getting Smacked on the Head by His Son During NBA Semi Finale Leaves Instagram Users in Splits

Shaquille O’Neal known for his playful antics in NBA, recently experienced an unexpected moment at a game. From pranking Lou Amundson with his underwear in 2008 when he was part of the Suns to trying the hottest chips on air, Shaq has always been a friendly menace. Despite his larger-than-life personality, Shaq got a surprisingly playful tap on his head. And that was from no one else but his own son!

As the crowd cheered loudly after they caught a glimpse of Big Shaq, they went berserk after watching him taken aback with the gentle head smack. How did the NBA legend react? Let’s dive into the incident in detail!

Shaq Takes a playful hit from son 

In a recent video posted by House of Highlights Basketball legend, Shaquille O’Neal was captured on a jumbotron in the NBA In-season semifinals last Thursday. He was caught sitting on the courtside enjoying the match day amid a huge buzzing crowd. 

The legend was warmly welcomed by fans. As he realized that he had been featured on the jumbotron he started waving at fans with a big hearty smile on his face, and immediately the crowd brought down the stadium with their loud cheers. But in the blink of an eye, a sudden moment was caught on camera, which grabbed the attention of social media enthusiasts and created quite a buzz.

As soon as Shaq started to smile at the camera, a hand could be spotted in the jumbotron. To Shaq’s utter surprise, he got smacked on his head from behind. Shaq had no other choice but to laugh off the smack as the hand was of none other than his own beloved son Shareef O’Neal. 

It was a match between the Indiana Pacers and the Milwaukee Bucks. The Pacers won the match with 128 points against the Bucks with 119 points. The video titled, “Lmao no way his son really smacked him lol” irked the Instagram world. 

Instagram reacts to Shaquille O’Neal’s courtside comedy 

The video captioned, “Shareef really smacked SHAQ’S head on the jumbotron”, received more than 30k views in less than 45 minutes. At the time of reporting this incident, the video garnered the attention of Instagram users who took to the comment section and shared their thoughts on the video.

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One of the users humorously commented, “he definitely got an as* whooping later that night”.

Another user relating to the moment on the jumbotron wrote, “I’m this son🤣”.

One fan sharing his personal thoughts about today’s generation wrote, “This new generation different💀💀💀”.

“That’s when you know your kids are getting older lol”, mentioned another fan.

While another Instagram user hilariously mentioned, “He bald for a reason”.

Shaq will be covering all the semifinal games along with his TNT crew and ESPN. They might also be spotted next in the semifinal clash of the West between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New Orleans Pelicans. With Shaq already in the limelight, it will be interesting to see what new fun moments the NBA icon comes up with. 

Are you excited to see Shaq covering the matches? Comment and let us know below. 

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