The quarterfinals between the Liaoning men's basketball team and the Shenzhen men's basketball team officially started, and due to the large gap in the strength of the two sides, the Liaoning men's basketball team finally defeated the Shenzhen men's basketball team 124-87 and took the lead in getting off to a good start. Judging from the rotation of the Liaoning men's basketball team, Guo Allen was not seen, Zhao Jiwei and Fogg were still the core of the backcourt rotation, Yan Shouqi supplemented Guo Allen's vacancy, and played a good performance in the first playoff game. Judging from Guo Allen's social media information, before the first game of Liaoning against Shenzhen, Guo Allen had posted a message to cheer for the club, but judging from his words, it has been difficult for him to come back in the playoffs this season.
In the first playoff game against the Shenzhen men's basketball team, the Liaoning men's basketball team sent a total of five guards to rotate, Zhao Jiwei contributed 24 points, 10 assists, rebounds and 2 steals, Yan Shouqi got 11 points, 2 assists and 1 steal, Fogg was not in good shape and only got 9 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, and the little foreign aid Cooper contributed 9 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in his debut, and Zhang Junhao got 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal. The five rotation guards of the Liaoning men's basketball team scored a total of 55 points and 17 assists, and the overall performance still met the expectations of the coaching staff, especially after Yan Shouqi's outbreak, which relieved the team's backcourt pressure.
Because of the impact of injuries, Guo Allen only played three games this season, averaging 19.3 minutes per game, contributing 8.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, 4 assists and 0.7 steals, shooting 41.4% from the field, 33.3% from three-point range, and the competitive state is very bad, compared with last season's average of 17 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.3 steals, Guo Allen's state has fallen off a cliff. In the case of unsatisfactory recovery from the leg injury, Guo Allen chose to go to Spain for treatment, and has not yet returned to China, and in the case of the playoffs in full swing, Guo Allen has not recovered and has not been able to catch up with the follow-up games.
After playing this season, Guo Allen's two-year contract with the Liaoning men's basketball team officially expired, from the beginning of this season, Guo Allen began to suffer from the impact of injuries, and began to have glass attributes, plus Guo Allen has reached the end of his career, with the rise of Zhang Junhao and Li Huyi, two young guards, Liaoning men's basketball team has become a suspense whether to renew Guo Allen's contract.