"Shaq is going to win. He's going to dunk the ball every single time," MPJ reasoned. "And Nikola, even though he can shoot threes and stuff, he's going to eventually miss, and then Shaq's going to get it back and dunk the ball again. Like one-on-one, Shaq wins."

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