{"id":59580,"date":"2025-10-23T22:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/edgecombe-dream-debut-with-34-points-the-best-since-wilt-chamberlain\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T22:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T02:15:44","slug":"edgecombe-dream-debut-with-34-points-the-best-since-wilt-chamberlain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/edgecombe-dream-debut-with-34-points-the-best-since-wilt-chamberlain\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgecombe: Dream debut with 34 points, the best since Wilt Chamberlain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>VJ Edgecombe: A Historic NBA Debut<\/h2>\n\nOn Wednesday night, Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe dazzled in his NBA debut, scoring 34 points in the 117-116 victory against the Boston Celtics. His eyes widened when he learned that he had outperformed most players in their first game since Wilt Chamberlain began his career.\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\nOriginally from the Bahamas and named Big 12 Rookie of the Year in his only season at Baylor, Edgecombe achieved the third-highest number of points in an NBA debut game. Chamberlain scored 43 points in his debut in 1959 with the Philadelphia Warriors.\n\nSixers coach Nick Nurse praised Edgecombe&#8217;s performance, highlighting the significance of this achievement in his career.\n\nEdgecombe also set a record by scoring 14 points in the first quarter, surpassing the mark set by LeBron James in 2003.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It feels good that my name is mentioned with LeBron. I hope to have a long career ahead.<\/p><cite>VJ Edgecombe<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nEdgecombe showcased his prowess on the court with 13 of 26 from the field and 5 of 13 from the three-point line, adding 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and a steal to his performance. He scored 10 consecutive points in the first quarter and 9 in the last, contributing to the Sixers&#8217; comeback.\n\nDominick Barlow, Sixers teammate, highlighted Edgecombe&#8217;s calm and composure during the game. Edgecombe shined even with an outstanding performance by Tyrese Maxey, who scored 40 points.\n\nEdgecombe and Maxey&#8217;s combined 74 points tied for the second-most in a season-opening game in NBA history.\n\nMaxey highlighted Edgecombe&#8217;s confidence and comfort in his game, although he didn&#8217;t hesitate to joke about his teammate&#8217;s two missed free throws in the final seconds.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VJ Edgecombe: A Historic NBA Debut On Wednesday night, Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe dazzled in his NBA debut, scoring 34 points in the 117-116 victory against the Boston Celtics. His eyes widened when he learned that he had outperformed most players in their first game since Wilt Chamberlain began his career. I worked every [&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":[10087,352,10066,6291],"class_list":{"0":"post-59580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nba","7":"tag-34-points","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-nba-debut","10":"tag-vj-edgecombe"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59580","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=59580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}