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.

O'Neal was in attendance for Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night, which is being broadcast by ESPN.

Set to be quasi-colleagues at ESPN next season, Shaquille O’Neal had recently served notice to Smith and others at the network that the “Inside the NBA” crew was “taking over.”