While the Ball family has long become household names across the country and globe, the early days of their rise were as fascinating as they were unexpected. After breaking onto the scene as a set of brothers dominating the competition. LaMelo and LiAngelo were left in the spotlight at Chino Hills with Lonzo taking his skills to the next level at UCLA.
Chino Hills’ style lent itself to wild stat lines and the Ball brothers were willing participants in exploiting that style. The result was eye-popping scoring outputs from each Ball brother.
MaxPreps released the top scoring outputs for both single-game, single-season and career for the last decade. LaMelo topped the list with his 92-point performance while LiAngelo had a spot in the top 10 with his 72-point outburst.
Looking back, the box scores of those performances are just as absurd now as they were then. In LaMelo’s game, he finished 37-of-61 from the field, including game 7-of-22 from three. He scored 41 points in the fourth quarter and did dish out seven assists.
LiAngelo’s 72-point outing, meanwhile, was a school record at the time and came one night after he exploded for 56 points.
Both put up ridiculous numbers in their time at Chino Hills and left indelible marks on the California high school basketball scene, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worst.