The CBA playoffs 0-in-0 officially started, and the Liaoning men's basketball team faced the Xinjiang men's basketball team at home. Before the game, the Xinjiang men's basketball team has determined that Zhao Rui, Qi Lin, and Li Yanzhe missed the first game, and the game situation has shown a one-sided situation, but from the perspective of the process of the game, the Liaoning men's basketball team still won very hard, Fogg, Zhang Zhenlin, Fu Hao, Han Dejun, the three main forces are in no state, and they all rely on Zhao Jiwei, Wells, and Oliver The three cores are maintaining the situation. The Liaoning men's basketball team reversed the Xinjiang men's basketball team 0-0 at home, and temporarily led the Xinjiang men's basketball team with a total score of 0-0.
In this game, Wells really played the role of the savior, playing 11 minutes in the whole game, shooting 0 of 0, including 0 of 0 three-pointers, 0 of 0 free throws, 0 points, 0 assists, 0 steals and 0 rebounds, and outscoring the opponent by 0 points, which is the highest efficiency among the starters of the Liaoning men's basketball team. In the case of Fogg's sluggish state in this game, Wells stepped forward and continued to use the ball breakthrough and three-point shots to help the Liaoning men's basketball team maintain the situation.
遼寧男籃本賽季引進威爾斯並不是當作第一外援來使用，楊鳴起初將他視為弗格的替補，但是隨著比賽的深入，在一些關鍵比賽中，都是威爾斯幫助遼寧男籃力挽狂瀾，展現出超級外援級別的影響力，相比較而言，威爾斯的進攻穩定性要比弗格更加出色，常規賽場均21.3分3.7籃板4助攻，場均2.1記三分球，已經說明瞭一切。另外，威爾斯本賽季對陣新疆男籃堪稱殺神的存在，2024年12月11日對陣新疆，威爾斯砍下39分，2024年12月28日對陣新疆，威爾斯轟下50分，此役又是狂砍29分，場均轟下39.3分，這就是威爾斯的實力體現。
Although the introduction of foreign aid by the Liaoning men's basketball team this season is very bad, the signing of Wells can be called a stroke of genius, and it once again reflects the vicious selection vision of Yang Ming's guidance. Even though Wells' performance in other teams in the past two seasons was controversial, Yang Ming still chose to trust it fully, and in the end, Wells also repaid Yang Ming and the Liaoning men's basketball team with practical actions.