Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion-Chapter 756 - 550 Playing Basketball

"Link, have I gotten fat?"

"No, your figure is just perfect."

In the Muscle Beach Gym's bathroom, Link wiped the water off his body, while in the mirror, Emma Roberts was standing with her hair down, her body wet, her petite and exquisite figure and fair and tender skin contrasting sharply with his robust and muscular physique.

"You seem to be getting stronger."

"Of course, I work out every day."

Link looked in the mirror at his abs, which stood out effortlessly, stronger and more aesthetically pleasing than many bodybuilders'.

Emma stared at him for a while, blushing as she walked up to him and slowly squatted down.

Link liked her being cute and obedient, gently ruffling her hair.

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After coming out of the changing room, Link was ready to go home, but saw O'Neal standing on the training court with a basketball, dressed in a red jersey and white sports shoes, looking like a King Kong, with Hoyle, Hopkins, Morales, and Mario by his side, Hoyle holding a video camera.

"What are you guys doing?"

Link asked.

"Link, O'Neal is calling for you to play basketball, come over here."

"Hehe, Link, we agreed last time to play together, how about today?"

O'Neal said with a grin.

"So eager? I was actually planning to invite you to Staples Center this weekend to watch the Clippers play."

Link said with a smile, carrying his sports backpack.

"Let's practice today, let me see how good you are at basketball, and we can go to the stadium this weekend if we have time."

O'Neal said, spinning the basketball on his finger.

"Alright, let's play a game then."

"Ha-ha, that's great."

O'Neal shouted excitedly, yelling for Hoyle to get the camera ready, to capture the footage of them playing and post it on YouTube.

Hoyle chuckled and agreed.

Link and O'Neal went to the next indoor basketball court, which was also one of the club's training and leisure areas, where Link sometimes joined Hopkins, Morales, and others for a game of basketball after training.

Initially, seeing the crowd, he was ready to split into teams to play, but O'Neal challenged him to a one-on-one to see how good he was.

Link didn't refuse.

Before the game, O'Neal put his arm around Hoyle's shoulders, telling him to keep up later and make sure to capture him blocking Link's shot clearly, promising him drinks afterward.

Hoyle gave an 'OK' sign, telling him to play well and not to get knocked down by Link.

O'Neal laughed loudly, saying it was impossible, such a thing would never happen.

Hopkins and Morales, however, looked at him with a weird expression.

Once the game started, O'Neal said he didn't want to take advantage of Link and let Link take the ball first.

Link got the ball, positioned himself beyond the three-point line, and took a jump shot, swish! The basketball smoothly went through the hoop.

O'Neal's eye twitched as he tossed the ball back to Link, raising his arms to press closely on defense.

Link took a step, and again took a jump shot from beyond the three-point line, swish! The ball went smoothly through the net.

O'Neal looked dumbfounded at the hoop, cursing "fuck" under his breath, and said that one-on-one was all about physical contact, and shots from beyond the three-point line didn't count.

Link complied with his wishes, starting to dribble outside the three-point line. As O'Neal came up to defend, he sped up, dribbling past O'Neal, quickly rushed to the basket, and raised the basketball with both hands.

Slam!

The basketball was easily dunked into the net.

Link released the hoop, landing on the floor.

"Good shot!"

"Nice job, Link."

"Ha-ha, O'Neal, can you even do it? Is that the level of a former NBA number one center?"

Morales and Hopkins bantered with laughter.

"Shut up! I was just warming up, not defending seriously; now I'm going to play for real."

O'Neal walked to the baseline, raising his arms high, telling Link to come on, this time he would not let him score.

Link approached the hoop with the ball, and as he got close to O'Neal, he suddenly sped up, crashing head-on into O'Neal while leaping up in a dunking position.

O'Neal was not worried about taking the hit and jumped up to block, but Link suddenly pressed his hand on O'Neal's shoulder and dunked the ball into the hoop over O'Neal's head.

"Wow, that was such a cool shot, definitely a top ten play of the month."

"O'Neal, how about that one?"

Morales and the others shouted.

"Shut up!!"

O'Neal shouted angrily, glaring at Link and yelled, "Again!"

Link dunked five times in a row on O'Neal, and the sixth time the ball unluckily bounced off the hoop, the basketball was passed to O'Neal.

O'Neal, drenched in sweat, roared as he charged towards the basket with the ball, like a wild buffalo, holding the basketball with both hands and fiercely slamming it into the hoop, making the basketball stand shake.

"Again!"

O'Neal roared, pounding his chest.

Link smiled softly, handed him the ball, and watched as O'Neal roared and smashed the ball into the basket once more.

After the ball went in, O'Neal pounded his chest muscle and roared a few times into Hoyle's camera lens to vent the resentment in his heart.

For the third ball, O'Neal continued to dunk with even more excitement, even smiling proudly at Link.

On the fourth ball, O'Neal was ready to ignore Link's defense for a beautiful trick dunk, but sadly, as he lifted the basketball, Link suddenly leaped from behind and slapped the ball with his palm.

Bang!

The basketball was smashed heavily onto the ground as Morales and the others shouted 'Nice job!'

O'Neal landed on the ground, looking at his empty hands, the muscles on his face convulsing harshly.

When Link picked up the ball to serve, O'Neal held up his hand and complained that Link had hit his hand. He claimed it was a foul and that it was still his ball possession.

With no referees or high-definition cameras on site, it was impossible to confirm whether Link had hit O'Neal's hand.

Link didn't argue with O'Neal and handed the ball to him.

As O'Neal prepared to charge to the basket for another dunk, Link accelerated, easily stole the ball from O'Neal's hands, spun around and, with another deceptive move, completed a reverse dunk under the basket.

Snap!

The ball was in again, making the score 6:3

Link continued to control the ball. With his ultra-fast speed, reactive ability, and good jumping power, he kept dunking the ball into the basket under O'Neal's guard, leaving him frustrated and helpless.

The final score was 10:3, or 12:3 if the previous two three-pointers were included.

Link easily won the game.

"Haha, Link won."

"O'Neal, how does it feel?"

"O'Neal, do you feel extremely stifled? It's okay, everyone feels this way when playing against Link."

Hoyle, holding the camera, pointed it at O'Neal, who sat on the ground, gasping for breath and sweating profusely, and asked.

O'Neal glared at him, wiped the sweat off his face, and said to Link: "How are you also so good at basketball, Link? With your level, you'd totally have the ability to be an NBA All-Star."

"I just play for fun, never thought about playing in the NBA."

Link said while dribbling the ball.

"Link makes over a hundred million from one boxing match, why would he go play basketball?"

Hoyle laughed.

O'Neal huffed and pointed to the camera in Hoyle's hand, saying, "Stop filming, and don't you dare post it."

The last time in Las Vegas when Link floored O'Neal with a single punch, the video went viral online, shooting up to the top of the search rankings in three hours, and breaking 55 million views on YouTube within a day.

Netizens saw him wearing protective gear, yet still rolling his eyes back and thudding to the ground from a punch by Link, and they all laughed out loud, turning him into a figure of fun.

There were also many friends who called to ask if his head was okay, wondering if he had been punched silly.

O'Neal felt terrible during those few days.

To get out of that embarrassing situation, he came to the boxing gym early to play basketball with Link, hoping to defeat Link in his professional domain and regain some face.

But he ended up losing even more face.

He didn't expect Link, a boxer, to be so good at basketball too—speedy, agile, great jumping power, with an accurate three-pointer—his abilities were not a bit inferior to a professional NBA player.

Link was too formidable. Even going all out in defense, O'Neal couldn't stop him, and he suffered a great embarrassment. This time, he refused to let Hoyle share this disgraceful footage.

"Too late! Look over there."

Hoyle put away the camera and pointed to the dozen or so spectators on the sidelines. They were all filming with their phones, and by now, someone might have already uploaded the video online. Being public figures, publishing photos or videos of O'Neal and Link didn't constitute an invasion of privacy.

"Shit!"

O'Neal, seeing those people filming, cursed angrily, knowing he was going to be made fun of by netizens once again.

"Don't mind it, the whole world knows how amazing Link is. No one will mock you for being defeated by him," Hoyle consoled him with a smile.

O'Neal curled the corner of his mouth. Being knocked out by Link in boxing was understandable, but being brutalized by Link in basketball, something he was exceptionally good at, would definitely be a laughingstock if the word got out.

If he had known, he wouldn't have come to challenge Link.

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The video of O'Neal's one-on-one basketball game against Link uploaded by Hoyle onto YouTube surpassed 68 million views within a day, over 200 million in three days, and topped the trending news on Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook, and other platforms, even hotter than their last boxing match.

Netizens who saw Link's accurate three-pointers and powerful, violent yet beautiful dunking moves, especially the slam dunk over O'Neal, the former NBA's top center, were full of admiration.

Indeed, Link's amazing physical conditioning enabled him to excel at any sport. People believed Link's basketball skills were extremely high, no less than an NBA top forward, and urged him to join the NBA and lead a team to a championship ring.

If he really could do that, he'd be the first in history to have both a World Boxing Champion's Golden Belt and an NBA championship Ring.

But Link was too busy and showed little interest in playing professional basketball.

As for O'Neal, who ended up as the foil twice, everyone sent him good-natured laughter. O'Neal was a retired player, so being older and less agile than the young Link was understandable.

People even encouraged O'Neal to continue challenging Link, offering up some fresh and funny content.