Shaq dropped 45 on the Raptors last night.

[nickgutierrez]

45 points. Not bad for a guy who was "done" two years ago, huh?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=290227021

A week shy of his 37th birthday, O'Neal scored 45 points Friday night -- his biggest offensive performance in six years -- powering the Phoenix Suns to a 133-113 victory.

"He's just so strong and pushes guys right under the basket and gets inside," Toronto coach Jay Triano said. "We have no match for him."

He made 20 of 25 shots in the 49th 40-point game of his career and first in four seasons. He hadn't scored this many since he got 48 for the Lakers against Boston on March 21, 2003.

Watch the video, too, if you can. This wasn't just him overpowering a poor, undersized center, he had some legitimate baseline moves mixed in.