Everybody knows the drill this time of the year: if it isn't Shaquille O'Neal crashing to the Christmas tree, it's the tree crashing on Shaq.

The tradition continues on Inside The NBA this Thursday, with The Big Diesel victimized by a falling giant tree on set once again.

Of course, that's no accident and there's some foul play here. After all, it's hard to believe that the tree will just fall on the Los Angeles Lakers' legend at the exact moment he was underneath it.

Not to mention that we have witnessed almost the same thing in 2011, though it was because of Chris Bosh playing pranks on O'Neal back then.

Despite the “accident”, however, Shaq lived up to his reputation as one of the most dominant big men to ever play the game. He simply endured the fall and continued giving his thoughtful gifts to his co-workers.

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Way to go, Shaq!