Chapter 278: Vitesse and Wayne
Li Ming, who had not yet played in the first quarter, officially came on the court. Exhaling softly, he wasn't nervous, just a feeling that he was finally going to get to work.
Dragic didn't play, he was substituted, because according to the normal team's rotation time, this should be the time to come off the bench to play, and the Heat are no exception.
Moreover, the Heat not only took Dragic, but also Tyler Johnson!
The players who came on in place for two of their defenders, one named Wayne Ellington and the other named Dionwittes.
Let's start with Wayne Ellington, this young man has also been in the league for some years, and was drafted by the Timberwolves in the first round in '09.
He was already a talented basketball player in college!
This can be seen from his background, he came from the basketball elite North Carolina, a college basketball player who has no talent at all, it is impossible for a basketball player to score, but Wayne Ellington entered, which shows his extraordinary talent.
He spent a total of three years in college, and it was this final season that made him famous.
In the 2008-09 season, the NCAA Championship finals were played between North Carolina and Michigan State University, and Wayne Ellington, who has been in college for three years, is the well-deserved core of this team, scoring 19 points in the game, including 17 points in the first half, helping North Carolina establish a 21-point advantage in the first half, and finally defeated the opponent 89-72, and won the NCAA Championship with the team, Ellington was also elected the most outstanding player in the Final Four!
It was also with this honor that Wayne Ellington tried to participate in the draft, and he was finally selected by the Timberwolves, but his experience in the league was a bit bumpy, and he can be regarded as a wanderer, because he has played in 7 teams in 9 seasons in this league, and the most difficult time is to change teams a year, fortunately, the resilience and teamwork skills developed by North Carolina allow him to adapt quickly no matter which team he is on, and finally he took root in the Heat. And in the list of players in the All-Star Three-Point Shooting Contest that just came out, he was also fortunate to qualify!
And with this competition, I think his fame will be even greater!
The other defender is called Dionvites, and he doesn't have to say anything about talent, but his two years in college are obviously different from the genius of ordinary college students...
In 2010-11, Dionwittes averaged 6.6 points and 1.5 assists in 16.3 minutes of playing time, making double-doubles in eight games and diurning out a career-high eight assists against Morgan State.
If the freshman season is adaptation, the sophomore season is even more powerful!
In the 2011-12 season, Dionvites began to play as the team's sixth man, averaging 12.6 points per game to rank second on the team's scoring list, 1.8 steals per game to rank first on the team's steals list, 2.5 assists per game to rank third on the team's assists list, and scoring double-doubles in 26 of 37 games!
And that's all just when he came on as a substitute!
In the game against Cincinnati, he scored a career-high 28 points; He scored 19 points against George Washington University and made a career-high six steals.
He was also named the Sixth Man of the Year in the Great East Division at the end of the season, and was named to the Great East Team of the Year.
He was then announced to be in the draft.
In 2012, he was selected by the Cavaliers with the fourth pick.
It's just a pity that his NBA career is the same as Wayne Ellington, full of ups and downs!
It's also related to his character, as a newcomer, he dares to openly argue with LeBron, which is not the same as forcing himself to a dead end!
As a result, the Cavaliers management did not condone him, and directly traded him to the Thunder team, where he grabbed the ball with Sanshao, and then was traded!
In short, no team wants to have him at the core, and because of this, he has been wandering in the league until the Heat, where he played the best performance of his career last season!
It was also because of his performance during that time that he could finally justifiably say that I was excellent!
Unfortunately, his performance has dropped again this season. The overall shooting percentage is down nearly three percentage points from last season. Basically, he had reached the worst point of his career, so he went from starting to coming off the bench again. Even because of injuries, it was only now that he played again during this time, and the whole state was not too good.
But it doesn't matter, because last summer he signed a four-year, five-two-million contract with the Heat, which is enough to ensure that he will stay with the Heat for a long time.
He's a shooting guard like Wayne Ellington, but he's more of a two-way guard than Wayne Ellington, that is, he can play point guard and point guard.
Because his physical condition is more prominent, and his athletic ability is also better!
So Sporastra asked him to defend Li Ming.
Li Ming faced Vitesse, the first step was not to attack directly, but to observe the opponent's defensive attitude, in fact, Vitesse did not have too good defensive habits in the past career. He's better at contributing his strength in attack, so Vitesse has never been a very good defender, if you can spot his flaws and take advantage of them!
Li Ming believes that he can easily break through him, without having to force or call a block...
There is a way, hard work pays off, sharpening knives does not mistake woodcutters! After a few seconds of observation, Li Ming really noticed some flaws in Vitesse's defense, he is not very keen on opening his arms to defend opponents, which also makes it easy for him to miss people in defense. Li Ming noticed this and quietly took a step forward, and before he could react, he directly dribbled under his crotch, and at the same time, the first step started quickly, shaking Vitesse behind him.
However, Vitesse's attitude was still very positive, although he didn't expect that he would be passed by one step so easily, but after being passed, he didn't stand still and just look at it, he still reacted quickly and chased after Li Ming!
But who is Li Ming, since he has passed him, there is definitely no possibility of being caught up by him again!
Besides, it's such a time, no matter what, he has to have a morale-boosting ball, otherwise, how can he pull away the score?
Why is a superstar more dangerous on the offensive end, because everyone knows that he is strong, and they will unconsciously be in awe of him in defense, while ordinary players are not famous enough no matter how good their technical moves are. This also allows the defenders to play normally to a certain extent.