On Tuesday evening, Within the NBA was at his best.

There was a lot of banter, including Charles Barkley’s suggestion that Hakeem Olajuwon got into Shaquille O’Neal’s head as a player, which later culminated in O’Neal potting a basketball in the studio to prove his colleagues wrong.

Here’s the clip of the entire exchange where Ernie Johnson and Kenny “The Jet” Smith urged 52-year-old Shaq not to hurt himself on live television.

And here’s the producer’s perspective on the action, which in some ways is even better than the live recording.

Shaq’s reaction was simple: “Aren’t you entertained?” he quipped with a big smile on his face.

NBA fans loved every minute of it.

It lives Within the NBA.