It is not often you get to see Michael Jordan losing a one-on-one.
The NBA legend dominated his era and very rarely lost to anyone when it came to a face-to-face.
Both Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal are NBA legends with the pair hoovering up titles, records and individual awards.
Jordan is, of course, in another tier with the five-time MVP regarded by some as the basketball GOAT having gone 6-0 in the NBA Finals and picking up a perfect six Finals MVPs to go with it.
In the other corner O’Neal is seen as perhaps the most dominant big man to ever play in the NBA and was the driving force, alongside Kobe Brant, behind the Lakers three-peat between 2000-02.
Now 52, the former first overall pick racked up individual awards too, having won the 2000 MVP award and picked up three Finals MVP from his four NBA Championships.
Jordan and O’Neal’s paths crossed multiple times in the league with the Lakers legend entering the league six years after Jordan did in 1984.
Fans were left reminiscing after throwback X account @FastbreakHoops posted footage of the pair duking it out.
Back in 1996 when O’Neal was still at the Orlando Magic, the pair faced-off and decided to have a one-on-one during the pre-game warm ups.
Jordan missed his first shot and when it was the 7ft 1in giant’s turn to take on the Bulls’ legend, O’Neal pulled off his famous shoulder shimmy.
The six-time NBA champion was sent the wrong way and O’Neal banked his shot to beat Jordan in the one-on-one.
While Jordan put on a smile after the contest, you could tell the five-time MVP was not happy losing to O’Neal, who was just 23 at the time.
One fan replied in the comments of the video, saying, “Never gets old. I can see MJ didn’t like it, that’s that fake smile when your lil bro beat you in NBA 2k.”
However, when it came to matches, Jordan generally enjoyed success against O’Neal, with the pair playing each other 21 times and the Bulls legend winning 12.
Ten of those games were in the playoffs, where Jordan leads O’Neal 6-4.
In his games against O’Neal, Jordan averaged 28.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2.4 steals, and a block, with his highlight performance being a 64-point game in a 122-106 loss on January 16, 1993.
O’Neal also put up great numbers against Jordan, with the Lakers legend averaging 25.2 points and 13.2 rebounds and was the last team to win a playoff series against Chicago.
Jordan would have his final retirement in 2003 while O’Neal would carry on for another eight years in the league before retiring in 2011.
The pair are both in the NBA Hall of Fame with Jordan inducted in 2009 while O’Neal was inducted in 2016.