In the Guangsha men's basketball team 75-98 defeat to the Liaoning men's basketball team, in addition to the highlight performance of 11 points in the first quarter, Okafor only scored 4 points in the remaining three quarters of the game, unable to stand up when the team was difficult, for Okafor, the flaws in the personal defensive end were once again exposed, allowing Fu Hao and Morland to completely dominate the inside offensive and defensive ends in the second half.
In this game, for the Guangsha men's basketball team that does not have an advantage, Wang Bo continued the double tower lineup of Okafu and Xu Zhonghao, and after Hu Jinqiu's absence, referring to Xu Zhonghao is more of a blue-collar interior line, Okafu needs enough release at the offensive end, and also for the liberation of liaoning men's basketball team for Sun Minghui's bag defense. After the opening, Okafor's desire for personal offensive end was very strong and decisive, and in the face of Li Xiaoxu and Han Dejun's bag defense, he was able to complete consecutive long-range shots, including an outside three-pointer, forcing Yang Ming to change the team's second lineup to the court in advance, and Okafor scored 11 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal in a single quarter.
Okafor as an NBA list show, with skilled basket technology, known as the offensive kaleidoscope, but the individual defensive end of the footsteps of the ability to move has always been a major loophole of the individual, after coming to the CBA, Okafor's performance is decent, there is a certain gap from the outside world, which is also due to the Guangsha men's basketball team with Hu Jinqiu regular season MVP level players, need to further weaken Okafor's offensive end components. Due to Hu Jinqiu's season reimbursement, Wang Bo hoped that Okafor could release the firepower and initiative of the personal offensive end, but the effect was not ideal, and after the second quarter, he made fouls on the offensive end, which became one of the few bright moments in the next game.
For Okafor, the personal performance is only limited to the first half of the game, with the progress of the game, the Liaoning men's basketball team increased the oppression of Sun Minghui's backcourt, resulting in the team needing to use Xu Zhonghao as the central axis of the team for internal line strategy, and Okafor was not able to adapt effectively, and at the same time, in the basket alignment with Moland, Yang Ming increased Fu Hao's co-defense defense, and compared with the inside defensive lineup of Han Dejun and Li Xiaoxu in the first quarter of the game, The rapid movement of Moland and Fu Hao made Okafor appear invisible in the second half, and the Guangsha men's basketball team could not further compete with the Liaoning men's basketball team after resisting the two and a half quarters of the game, for Okafor, in this round of finals, the role in the team's offensive end was very prominent, and it was also expected that Okafor could sweep away the downturn in the second half and play an excellent role in the next game.