{"id":59328,"date":"2025-10-23T19:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/edgecombe-shines-34-points-in-debut-best-mark-since-wilt-chamberlain-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T19:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:39:22","slug":"edgecombe-shines-34-points-in-debut-best-mark-since-wilt-chamberlain-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/edgecombe-shines-34-points-in-debut-best-mark-since-wilt-chamberlain-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgecombe Shines: 34 Points in Debut, Best Mark Since Wilt Chamberlain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>VJ Edgecombe: An Unforgettable Debut with the 76ers<\/h2>\n\nIn a night that will be etched in the memory of fans, VJ Edgecombe dazzled in his NBA debut, scoring 34 points with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 117-116 victory over the Boston Celtics.\n\nEdgecombe&#8217;s performance puts him in a privileged position in league history, surpassing many players in his first game, only surpassed by Wilt Chamberlain and Frank Selvy.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I worked every day, and all my life, for moments like this. This is my dream.<\/p><cite>VJ Edgecombe<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe 76ers&#8217; rookie, from Baylor, showed surprising maturity and confidence, scoring 14 points in the first quarter, the most for a player in their first quarter in the NBA since LeBron James.\n\nEdgecombe finished the game with 13 of 26 field goals and 5 of 13 three-pointers, as well as 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and a steal. His performance was key in the Sixers&#8217; comeback, who managed to reverse a 13-point deficit in the last quarter.\n\nSixers coach Nick Nurse praised Edgecombe&#8217;s performance, highlighting that it&#8217;s a great achievement for his first game.\n\nDominick Barlow, teammate, highlighted Edgecombe&#8217;s calm and composure during the game, something uncommon for a debutant.\n\nIn addition, Edgecombe shared the court with Tyrese Maxey, who scored 40 points. Together they scored 74 points, the second-highest combined total for a duo in an opening game in NBA history.\n\nMaxey highlighted Edgecombe&#8217;s confidence in the game, despite the fact that he missed two free throws in the final seconds.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VJ Edgecombe: An Unforgettable Debut with the 76ers In a night that will be etched in the memory of fans, VJ Edgecombe dazzled in his NBA debut, scoring 34 points with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 117-116 victory over the Boston Celtics. Edgecombe&#8217;s performance puts him in a privileged position in league history, surpassing many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[10087,10066,4670,6291],"class_list":{"0":"post-59328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nba","7":"tag-34-points","8":"tag-nba-debut","9":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","10":"tag-vj-edgecombe"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}