The Los Angeles Lakers continued their regular season journey today, coming to the road to challenge the Atlanta Hawks. After a fierce battle, the Lakers finally lost to the Hawks 121-129.
In fact, the Lakers have a chance to win this game, even if they hurt James, as well as Anthony Davis and Westbrook insist on playing, these two stars have contributed 20 points or more, the performance is very good. But Hawks ace shooter Trae Young didn't want to lose the game, and he slashed 36 points to lead the team to a reversal.
The Lakers lacked James in this game, so they put shooter Munch in the small forward position. Munch was a trickster at the start of the season, accepting a one-year,200,000-dollar base salary contract from the Lakers in order to make a name for himself on a team with spotlight and seek a higher contract later.
However, this season's Lakers have a poor record, and Munch is naturally much less sought after and has become a marginal person. With the opportunity to perform in this game, Munch naturally will not miss it easily, and his performance is very good.
Throughout the game, Munch started for nearly 38 minutes, scoring 33 points on 12-of-19 shooting and 8-of-14 from beyond the three-point line, making him 10 rebounds and five assists. It can be seen that Munch is very eager to win and prove his strength.
Eventually losing to the Hawks, the Lakers proved they were really useless without James, even if Munch played a career masterpiece to no avail. At present, the Lakers have fallen to the 9th position in the West, and the qualification for the playoffs is in jeopardy, and it seems that James will not be able to rest for long.