{"id":382547,"date":"2025-12-31T12:26:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/382547\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:26:15","slug":"edgecombes-last-second-3-propels-sixers-past-grizzlies-in-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/382547\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgecombe’s last-second 3 propels Sixers past Grizzlies in OT"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — By rookie VJ Edgecombe<\/a>‘s calculation, he mistimed his game winner in overtime.<\/p>\n

“To be honest, I was actually trying to go when the buzzer [went] off, but it was a little bit too early,” Edgecombe said. “But it went in, and that’s all that matters.”<\/p>\n

Edgecombe, the 6-foot-4 guard out of Baylor, connected on a 25-foot jumper with 1.7 seconds left, capping a 25-point night and giving the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> a 139-136 victory<\/a> over the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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Edgecombe, the third pick in the 2025 draft, brought the Sixers back into the game in the fourth quarter. He scored 13 points in the period, going 5-of-10 from the field, including 3-of-4 from outside the arc. A pair of 3-pointers near the four-minute mark helped erase a Memphis advantage. His 3-pointer with 1:55 left in regulation gave the 76ers a 128-121 lead, but Memphis, behind Ja Morant<\/a>, pulled even at 128, sending the game into the extra period.<\/p>\n

After Memphis took an early lead, baskets by Tyrese Maxey<\/a> and Joel Embiid<\/a> (34 points each) and Paul George<\/a> (17 points) tied the score. A drive by Morant tied the score at 136 with 18.3 seconds left, setting the stage for the game winner.<\/p>\n

“My teammates have faith in us to make a play, and that’s what happened,” Edgecombe said.<\/p>\n

“It’s a big shot,” Sixers coach Nick Nurse said. “Obviously, a game winner for a rookie is pretty cool.”<\/p>\n

Nurse has admired the poise of Edgecombe, who is averaging 15.5 points a game.<\/p>\n

“He’s kind of like that all the time,” Nurse said of the rookie guard. “I never see him show much emotion. I think it’s an incredible quality. He just plays the game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MEMPHIS, Tenn. — By rookie VJ Edgecombe‘s calculation, he mistimed his game winner in overtime. “To be honest,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-382547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}