<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaPacers vakatarisa kuvaka pamushandirapamwe wavo wapfuura mumwaka wa2004-05, asi zvirongwa zvavo zvose zvakabva zvaparara munaNovember. Mumutambo wakanangana nePistons paThe Palace of Auburn Hills,  <response>: kurwisana kwakatanga uko kwakasvika muzvigaro. ONeal akanga ari mumwe wePacers akarwa nevateveri vaviri vakauya padare; akamhanya kunodzivirira mumwe wake Ron Artest, akatsvedza pane imwe mvura, ndokurova mumwe wevateveri mumusoro zvakasimba zvokuti mumwe wake Scot Pollard uye mutambi wemitambo Jim Gray vakatya kuti ONeal aizouraya fan. Apo iye navasonganiri vake vepaPacer vakabva munhandare, vateveri vakawanda vakatsamwa vakakandira ONeal zvokudya zviduku, zvinwiwa, uye kunyange chigaro chinopetwa. Mukupindura zviito zvaONeal panguva yekurwa, NBA Commissioner David Stern akamumisa pamitambo makumi maviri neshanu; vatambi vechikwata Artest naStephen Jackson vakamiswa kwemwaka wese nemitambo makumi matatu. Pashure pokukwirira pamberi peKrisimasi, ONeal akakunda kuderedzwa kwemitambo gumi mutongo wake, asi izvi hazvina kuderedza kukuvadzwa kwakanga kwatoitwa Indiana. Vasina vatambi vatatu vakakosha, chikwata chakatadza kusvika pakurekodha 44-38 uye chigaro chechitanhatu. ONeal akaoneka mumitambo 44 bedzi, nhamba yake yakaderera zvikurusa naIndiana. Kunyange zvazvo avhareji yake yokuwana zvibodzwa yakavandudzika kusvika pamapoinzi 24.3 pamutambo, kudzorera kwake kwakaderera uye akanga asisiri kuvapo kunotyisa kwakadaro pakudzivirira. Zvinhu zvakawedzera kuipa paakakuvara ibvi rake rokurudyi munaKurume uye akatamba zvishoma kwenguva yasara yemwaka wenguva dzose, achitarisira kupora nenguva ye playoffs. VaPacers vakadhirowa maCeltics mumutambo wekutanga, uye vakakwanisa kuponesa mwaka wavo nekukunda mutambo uyu 43. ONeal, zvisinei, akanga asiri kutamba zvakanaka sezvaaigona kuva: kubudisa kwake kunokuvadza kwakadonha, uye akapfura zvakashata kubva mumunda. Apo vaPacers vakasangana nePistons mumasemifainari, vakadzingwa mumitambo mitanhatu, vachipedzisa imwezve mwaka unogumbura waONeal. 