On March 7, Beijing time, the CBA regular season continued, and Guo Allen returned to lead the Liaoning men's basketball team to defeat the Qingdao men's basketball team 111-101, achieving the first victory in the third stage and temporarily returning to the top of the standings. In this game, although Guo Allen only shot 5 of 15, he got 16 points and 7 assists, which seems to be inefficient offensively, but his role is very significant.
In the absence of Guo Allen, the Liaoning men's basketball team suffered 3 consecutive defeats, and the loss of Guo Allen, the Liaoning men's basketball team is not only losing an attacker so simple, more importantly, without his breakthrough to tear open the opponent's defense line to attract the bag clip, the shooting environment of other players in the Liaoning men's basketball team has also been greatly affected.
For example, before this game, Liaoning Media "Liaoning Daily" had written an article analyzing the reasons for Liaoning's 3 consecutive losses, if the loss to Qingdao was still a light enemy, then in the subsequent matches with Shanghai and Zhejiang, the Liaoning men's basketball team only shot 10 three-pointers in 2 games. Yang Ming once said that the three-point ball misalignment is too nervous for the players, but in fact, because there is no Guo Allen's sudden score, the three-pointers of the Liaoning men's basketball team can only shoot strongly, and the shooting rate is naturally impressive.
After the return of Guo Allen in this battle, although it can be seen that he has not recovered to his best state due to the impact of injury, when he holds the ball, he can attract most of the attention of the Qingdao men's basketball team and create opportunities for his teammates on the outside. Even sometimes Guo Allen has not yet broken through, just holding the ball at the top of the arc, can attract most of the attention of defensive players, this game, he sent a wonderful pass for Zhang Zhenlin to help the latter dunk, is the best proof.
In the end, Guo Allen sent 7 assists, which was the highest in the Liaoning men's basketball team, and the Liaoning men's basketball team shot 10 of 24 from outside the three-point line, completely regaining the feeling of long-range shooting. And Han Dejun and other interior players have also benefited from Guo Allen.
The Liaoning men's basketball team with Guo Allen is the real championship level team, and with the return of Guo Allen, it is believed that the Liaoning men's basketball team will gradually recover its state.