He became James's best blocking partner, even more efficient than the thick eyebrows and James' blocking and dismantling. Munch, who earns just $1.79 million a year this season, has frequently used his blocking and dismantling with James to cut points in recent times. The Zhan Huang + Munch connection has become a big kill for the Lakers.
In the game to beat the Kings, Zhan Huang and Munch teamed up to score 25 points in the final quarter, of which Zhan Huang scored 14 points and Munch scored 11 points. Munch had two three-pointers in the final quarter from James' brilliant pass.
James attacked with the ball, Munch came to block, and then quickly pulled open to find a vacancy, James threw the ball to Munch, Munch opened his bow and arrow, and shot a three-point shot. Still attacking with the ball, Munch came up to block and then quickly down, James passed the ball to Munch, who scored on a layup.
James and Munch's blocking and dismantling combination has been a big hit in a series of recent games, and it has been tried and tested. Munch has risen fiercely and has scored 20+ in 2 consecutive games and 15+ in 6 consecutive games, becoming the Lakers' recently very stable third scoring point.
After the thick-browed brother fell, Munch unleashed his offensive energy to fill the scoring gap. "LeBron will be LeBron himself every time and find the right offensive options for us, whether it's finding me, finding Tucker, Westbrook or scoring himself." Munch said.
According to US media statistics, when Munch and James play together, and James is in the center position, the Lakers won 12.6 points per 100 rounds, and the Lakers' offensive efficiency is very high, reaching 124.7 points.
The Lakers have defensive holes in playing the five small lineups, but the offensive efficiency is very high, and James, Westbrook and Munch can all get more room to play.
Munch was in a poor market in the 2021 offseason, in Munch's words, only the Lakers were more serious about signing with him, and finally the Lakers got the offensive all-rounder with a cheap contract of $1.79 million for 1 year.
Munch is now acting like the lakers' new giant, contributing a lot of energy to the recent recovery of the Purple and Gold Legion.