Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-25025726-20150522040443/@comment-26537507-20150708130104

Because Neji fights a lot smarter than Naruto. Naruto's basis of attacking (for part 1 at least) consisted of telegraphing a punch and being surprised when it didn't hit. Neji on the other hand, wouldn't waste any movements and can turn defence into attack a lot quicker and a lot better. Granted, Sasuke does have the sharingan, but as QuakingStar pointed out a lot earlier, the byakugan has the same basic tracking ability. The main difference is that the sharingan can see muscle movements. And given that Neji has trained with Lee and Guy for at least two years, he should be fairly used to high-speed attacks.