California has a mercy rule -- 40 point lead in the 4th quarter we go to running clock except for TO's.
Like a 40 point lead anytime in the second half can be come back from in HS is absurd. The only way I would think that would happen if the team losing gets Kobe or Lebron in uniform half way through the third the comback might be possible. But even those 2 could maybe only guard 2 at best 3 players at a time