Shaquille O'Neal went over the 25,000-point mark for his career midway through the first quarter against the Knicks on Monday night.

O'Neal, who entered the contest five points shy, is the top scorer among active players and 14th overall in NBA history. The Heat center is the seventh to reach 25,000 points and 10,000 rebounds.

The milestone basket came with 6:04 left in the period when he muscled Malik Rose in the paint, backed him up and then scored over him to give Miami a 16-9 advantage.

The 15-year veteran is the first to hit the scoring milestone since Indiana's Reggie Miller on March 23, 2005. O'Neal, limited to just 17 of Miami's first 56 games this season because of a knee injury, came in with 11,193 rebounds.

He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Wilt Chamberlain, Moses Malone, Elvin Hayes, and Hakeem Olajuwon as those with 25,000 points and 10,000 rebounds.