12:20AM EST on a Thursday, 45K people tuned in to watch an AAU game on a Facebook livestream, yes you heard that correctly. It takes some serious star power to pull something like this off, and that’s exactly what happened this morning. Only LaMelo Ball and Zion Williamson, the internet darlings of this current hoop mixtape generation could generate a buzz of this sort. LaMelo is currently the #1 PG in the class of 2019. He has viral videos of him scoring 92 points and hitting half court shots during the middle of games to say the least. Zion Williamson is the most dominant high school athletic specimen many have seen since LeBron James. He’s currently the #2 overall player in the class of 2018 and has a plethora of viral videos of him throwing down seemingly impossible dunks.
When you put these two future stars on a court with none other than Lavar Ball coaching LaMelo’s Big Baller Brand AAU team what you have is one of the most hyped high school games you will ever see in your life. As the stream continued, it got up to as many as 75K views. Not to mention the fact that 4K packed in the gym, and 1,500 people waiting outside hoping to get in, including LeBron James.
Zion’s SC Supreme team ended up with the 104-92 win as he dropped 31 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. LaMelo finished with 36 points, 12 rebounds, and 5 steals. The stats on this game don’t even begin to tell the whole story, watch here: