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The bigger they are, the harder they… you know.

And now Shaquille O’Neal definitely knows.

The NBA legend was doing commentary on the NBA Playoffs last night for TNT’s Inside the NBA when he stood up to assist Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley with a halftime segment.

Only Shaq never made it to the giant video screen. Because he took an epic tumble on live television:

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With Barkley and Smith in hysterics over the embarrassing fate of their colleague, O’Neal shouted that host Ernie Johnson “set” him “up.”

O’Neal fell so hard that he lost a shoe and was writhing on the ground, having apparently gotten tied up in some electronics.

Fortunately, Shaq eventually righted himself and even had some fun at his own expense, taking to Twitter after the incident aired on national television and joking:

"[Damn] I’m clumsy." 

If it makes Shaq feel any better, Chris Brown also fell off a stage in Las Vegas this week.

But when has anyone ever felt better being compared to Chris Brown?