The NBA's Absolute Dominance

Chapter 66 Beaten
Tang Bei had no experience in boxing matches, and little experience in fighting and martial arts. He usually didn't dare to make a move casually, because injuring someone would either lead to jail time or financial compensation, neither of which were the results he wanted.

But his reaction speed was very fast. After missing his right straight punch, he quickly slid back, creating distance so that Larry Johnson's left hook missed.

This also shows that Larry Johnson's technique is far inferior to Tyson's. His transition between diving and dodging and his jumping steps was not good enough, and his left hook was half a beat too slow. If it were Tyson, this punch would have already hit Tang Bei's ribs and liver.

However, Tang Bei also encountered a problem at this time. Due to his lack of experience, when he slid backward to dodge, his stance unconsciously lowered. Although his center gate remained well protected, his chin was exposed.

Martial arts are different from boxing. They don't emphasize protecting the chin, but rather guarding the center. He has little time to practice boxing and hasn't developed good defensive habits, which is why his center is not open and his chin is exposed.

Upon seeing this, Larry Johnson immediately slid forward and lunged at Tang Bei, swiftly unleashing a powerful backhand swing punch.

Tang Bei slid backward again and crashed into the wall behind him with a thud.

"not good!"

He quickly turned his head to dodge and simultaneously raised his left arm to block.

"Oh!"

Larry Johnson's powerful swing was not enough to break Tang Bei's left frame.

Even his powerful backhand swing failed to break down his opponent's single frame, which made him realize even more the gap in strength between himself and Tang Bei.

In the next instant, he quickly lunged forward, seizing the opportunity when Tang Bei had no space behind him to dodge, and unleashed a left uppercut, striking Tang Bei's chin hard.

Tang Beiyou slid along the wall to dodge, but a chair blocked his way, and he almost tripped and was hit in the chest by an uppercut.

"pity!"

Lacking precision, Larry Johnson missed the chin and quickly followed up, twisting his waist and swinging his arm to deliver a powerful backhand strike to Tang Bei's left cheek.

At that moment, he deeply resented his height. If he were ten centimeters taller, the punch wouldn't have hit his face, but his temple.

"Your uncle!"

Tang Bei was getting a bit frustrated as the game became somewhat passive.

He simply stopped dodging and went straight for the punch, exchanging blows with blows, blocking with his left arm while simultaneously swinging his right arm and delivering a powerful backhand swing.

"Oh!"

The next instant, his left arm was hit.

However, due to the significant height difference from Larry Johnson, the incorrect angle, and the difference in strength, Tang Bei's left stance was not broken by this powerful backhand swing.

"Oh!"

Larry Johnson's boxing technique was good, and his left-handed stance successfully blocked Tang Bei's powerful backhand swing.

Although Tang Bei completed the blocking technique, his strength was too great. Combined with his height advantage, he struck from above, and the punch directly smashed Larry Johnson's left arm and hit his temple.

Fortunately, Tang Bei had no boxing experience and his reach was too long, so he hit Larry Johnson's wrist instead of his fist.

If he had boxing experience, he wouldn't have thrown a rear hook, but rather a right hook that would have landed squarely on Larry Johnson's temple, potentially resulting in a knockout.

"Damn it!"

Larry Johnson was knocked back and quickly retreated to create distance.

Tang Bei seized the opportunity to quickly catch up with his opponent, leaving the wall that had just put him in a very passive position, and gained room to move.

He quickly slid forward to catch up with Larry Johnson and unleashed two powerful backhand swings. Although both missed, they forced his opponent close to the wardrobe behind him, putting him into a defensive stance.

I'll fuck you to death!

Next, relying on his superior strength and long-range attack range, the tall and strong Niu Ma began a barrage of combined punches.

Left swing followed by right swing, hitting the target repeatedly but missing, then another round begins.

Larry Johnson is not Michael Tyson after all. He doesn't have god-like dodging skills, and his reaction speed is also a bit slower. After dodging four heavy punches in a row, he failed to dodge when Tang Bei unleashed another round of left and right swings.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two heavy punches slammed into Larry Johnson's frame, the ferocious force of hundreds or thousands of pounds making his arms weak and forcing him to retreat repeatedly. With a bang, his back bumped against the wardrobe.

Before Tang Bei's combination punches were finished, he immediately rushed in and closed the distance, using a left hook followed by a right uppercut. Larry Johnson's guard couldn't withstand it, and he was smashed open by the right uppercut, his chin grazed.

The immense force of the punch instantly tore a bloody gash in Larry Johnson's chin, tearing off a piece of skin that looked like an open, bloody mouth.

"boom!"

Tang Bei followed up with a powerful right straight punch, and Larry Johnson dove down in a flash, smashing the wardrobe door behind him open. "What was that sound?"

Head coach Alan Bristol happened to be passing by and, upon hearing the voice, immediately headed towards Larry Johnson's room.

"Oh!"

As Larry Johnson dived, Tang Bei threw another left hook, striking Larry Johnson in the right eye socket.

Larry Johnson groaned as he was hit, stars flashed through his eyes, and he was immediately in a semi-dazed state.

However, his neck was thick enough, he had been specially trained, and he was able to withstand blows. He had not completely lost his fighting ability and was still struggling while holding onto the frame.

Tang Bei then delivered several more hooks, striking Larry Johnson in the head and chin, causing Johnson to fall to the floor.

"KO!"

Tang Bei shouted triumphantly.

After unleashing more than ten heavy punches in a row and knocking down his opponent, he was so exhausted that he had to catch his breath several times before he could recover.

After catching his breath, he kicked Larry Johnson in annoyance and cursed, "You son of a bitch, you think you can fight me with this little bit of skill? My seventy-year-old grandma could fight you better than you."

"Snatch snatch snatch..."

"Larry, what are you doing? Open the door!"

A knocking sound and Bristol's voice rang out.

Tang Bei went over and opened the door. Bristol looked at him in surprise and said, "Tang, what are you doing in Larry Johnson's room?"

Tang Bei turned around and said, "Coach, as you know, Larry Johnson has always wanted to spar with me. He just invited me over, and we had a match."

"what?"

Bristol was shocked.

"It's over!"

He rushed in and saw Larry Johnson lying on the floor, his chin covered in blood that had flowed down to his chest, his face bruised and swollen, and the wardrobe door behind him broken. He was stunned.

"Get up, stop pretending to be dead. I didn't use my full strength in the last few punches."

Tang Bei then took off his gloves and casually threw them at Larry Johnson's face, waking him up as well.

"..."

Seeing Larry Johnson's miserable state, Bristol was speechless.

He was just the head coach and couldn't handle the matter, so he immediately notified Dave Tvertzke, the general manager in Charlotte.

"what?"

Dave Tvertzke was speechless for a long time. By the time he came to his senses, Bristol had already hung up the phone.

"Larry Johnson, Don, damn it!"

At that moment, he suddenly felt a strong hatred for the two young men. They were too much troublemakers. Why couldn't they just play ball together properly?

After calming down, he began to consider how to handle the situation.

He either ignores them or refuses to trade any of them.

Either deal with it severely, or trade one of them away.

Between these two young players, Tang Bei is undoubtedly a better trader because his contract is relatively smaller, and excellent centers have a larger trade market.

He believed that as soon as the Hornets said they wanted to trade Tang Bei, general managers of teams other than those with three superstar centers would immediately call him.

Larry Johnson has a massive contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and the trade market is very small. Small teams simply cannot afford such a contract, so he can only be traded to big teams with enough salary cap space, making the feasibility of such a trade very low.

Furthermore, the team's current operations rely entirely on Larry Johnson's influence. Trading him would cause major operational problems, and the management would not agree to it.

However, Tang Bei's performance was too good, even better than Larry Johnson's rookie season. He could definitely become the cornerstone of the Hornets' team. How could they possibly be willing to trade Tang Bei?

After much consideration, he decided to take a wait-and-see approach, trying to persuade the two men to stay.

(End of this chapter)