[size=15.454545021057129px]OAKLAND, Calif. -- During a players' meeting following the All-Star break,Jermaine O'Neal promised his teammates to play the rest of the regular season like he would never play again -- because he very well might not.[/size]

[size=15.454545021057129px]The 18-year NBA veteran has backed up his words more than anybody ever expected.[/size]

[size=15.454545021057129px]O'Neal had season highs of 23 points and 13 rebounds to carry the load for an undermanned frontcourt, and the Golden State Warriors held off theBrooklyn Nets 93-86 Saturday night for their third straight victory since the break.[/size]
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[size=15.454545021057129px]"Whatever I have, I'm going to leave it on the able. I've said that quite a few times, but I'm dead serious," said the 36-year-old O'Neal, who missed extensive time following surgery on his wrist earlier this season. "You may have to wheel me out of here at the end of the season, but that's what I'm going to do."[/size]

[size=15.454545021057129px]With Andrew Bogut sidelined with a left shoulder injury and David Lee out with a stomach flu, O'Neal followed up his game-saving block that preserved Golden State's overtime victory against Houston on Thursday night with a vintage performance.[/size]

[size=15.454545021057129px]O'Neal shot 10 for 13 from the floor, and Draymond Green scored a career-best 18 points to go with 10 rebounds starting in Lee's place.[/size]

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What the?! Jermaine O'Neal !!!

I remember when he was fresh out of high school as a bench warmer for Portland, everyone kept saying he was gonna be awesome but that Blazer's frontline was fantastic (Sabonis, 'Sheed, Dale Davis, Pippen)... can't believe he's 36 now