CP3 in HS: Dropped 61 the day after his 61 y/o grandfather was murdered

[oarabbus]

Despite Paul's previous career high being 39 points, by halftime, he had racked up 32 points in 16 minutes. When Paul reached the 61-point mark late in the 4th quarter, he purposely airballed a free throw, then took himself out of the game to hug his family on the sidelines, even though the state high school scoring record of 66 points was well within reach.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuMPVq2YzTk

:(

[no pun intended]

I thank NBA 2K for this knowledge already.

[fos]

OP, I too reddit.

[oarabbus]

OP, I too reddit.


:lol half the topics here are from r/NBA, this one was on the front page and I hadn't seen it posted yet so... yeah.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Not that this is completely trustworthy, but I don't see a 66 point game here.
http://www.luckyshow.org/basketball/USHighHighs

Who is supposed to own that 66 point state scoring record?


80 pts. Troy Mathis, Laurinburg Charter (W 136-23) Crossnore Academy, 2/4/2003 (May be 73)
76 pts. Zygis Sestokas, Statesville Christian (W 117-32) Covenant Day School, 1/25/2005 (27-38FGs, 14-21 3s, 8-14 FT, 11 reb., 6 a., 44 in 2nd half,played 30 min.) 75?
71 pts. Edwin Ofori-Attah, Statesville Christian (W 107-64) Hickory Grove Christian, 12/9/2003 (9 threes) 72?
70 pts. Eddie Lau, Concord First Assembly (W 108-37) Lenior Morgan School, 1994 v. Patterson School?
68 pts. Charles Montague, C.F. Pope (Burgaw) (W 112-87) Bladen Central (Elizabethtown), Dec. 1967 or Jan. 1968?
68 pts. Edwin Ofori-Attah, Statesville Christian (W 91-51) Asheville Veritas Christian, Jan. 2004 (13 threes)
67 pts. Bob Poole, Clayton (W 88-27) Corinth-Holders, 2/10/1950 (39 in 2nd half)
65 pts. David Smith, North Surry (W 95-75) Maiden Elkin?, 1967 Conference Tournament
65 pts. JamesOn Curry, Eastern Alamance (W 100-72) Western Alamance, 1/19/2004
63 pts. Reggie Royals, Booker T. Washington High (Clarkton), 1967 (6'9")
63 pts. Jeff Ward, Nakina High v. Acme-Delco, 1982
61 pts. Chris Paul, West Forsyth High (W 117-71) W-S Parkland, Nov. 2002 62?

Trying to look elsewhere.

[ace23]

Lol I've known this since he was at Wake Forest. I was expecting a bunch of photos of old newspapers in this thread. :lol

[Foster5k]

Lol, posting this old stuff. Come on man.

Anyway, yeah, much respect to CP3.

However, he took a page from Kobe ball hogging like that. :oldlol:

[Rake2204]

I remember Sportscenter running this story back when he was at Wake Forest. In the face of tragedy, it's a pretty cool story.

[Bibby4Three]

How far back can we go?

Old af...god damn you guys are NBA fans?

[Basketbolero]

Lol at career highs at HS level.

Should have fought a mountain lion on his way home to make it truly epic :durantunimpressed:

[LeGOAT]

Cool story bro

[CelticBaller]

Knew this

[ralph_i_el]

old.
Cool but old

[Trollsmasher]

LeBron honoring the dead:applause:

[Jameerthefear]

Olddd

[MichaelCorleone]

LeBron honoring the dead:applause:
:biggums: Don't.

[ace23]

Wonder if Lebron saw this thread and decided to drop 61.