{"id":622780,"date":"2026-04-22T04:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622780\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:09:10","slug":"76ers-vj-edgecombe-tyrese-maxey-power-game-2-win-vs-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622780\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers’ VJ Edgecombe, Tyrese Maxey power Game 2 win vs. Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON — VJ Edgecombe<\/a> had 30 points and 10 rebounds while playing through pain after taking a hard fall on his back early in the game, Tyrese Maxey<\/a> scored 29 points and the Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> beat the Boston Celtics<\/a> 111-97 on Tuesday night to tie their playoff series at one game apiece.<\/p>\n

Edgecombe made six of the 76ers’ 19 3-pointers. At 20 years, 265 days old, he became the youngest player in NBA history to have 30 points and 10 rebounds in a playoff game, edging Magic Johnson, who was 20 years, 276 days old for his legendary 42-point, 15-rebound performance in Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals. Johnson famously started that game at center in place of an injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.<\/p>\n

Edgecombe is also the first rookie with 30 points and 10 rebounds in a playoff game since Tim Duncan had 33 and 10 in Game 1 of the 1998 Western Conference semifinals against the Jazz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Maxey also had nine assists as Philadelphia bounced back after getting blown out 123-91 in Game 1.<\/p>\n

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“This is who we are. Game 1 was not who we are,” Maxey said.<\/p>\n

The 76ers closed as a 13.5-point underdog at DraftKings Sportsbook, making this their largest upset win in any game since Jan. 29, 2005 (+13.5 at Mavericks), and their largest upset win in a playoff game in the past 35 years.<\/p>\n

The series shifts to Philadelphia for Game 3 on Friday.<\/p>\n

“I think we knew where the shots were going to come from,” Edgecombe said. “We kept trusting each other. Everyone can make a play on the court. … They wanted me to shoot the ball.”<\/p>\n

The Celtics cut a seven-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter to 91-89 before an 11-0 run put the 76ers back in front 102-89 with just over four minutes to play. The Celtics pulled their starters with a little more than a minute remaining.<\/p>\n

Jaylen Brown<\/a> led the Celtics with 36 points. Jayson Tatum<\/a> added 19 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists.<\/p>\n

“I thought Edgecombe was just too comfortable,” Brown said. “He’s a rookie, but he can play. We’ve got to be better on him.”<\/p>\n

After struggling from the field in Game 1, the 76ers needed much more from Maxey and Edgecombe. They got it, with the pair carrying the load for a team that shot 47.8% from the field, including 19-of-39 from the 3-point line.<\/p>\n

“I grab (Edgecombe) and Tyrese together a lot and remind them to be super aggressive,” 76ers coach Nick Nurse said. “Fire it up there, like keep shooting no matter what.”<\/p>\n

Youngest With 30 Points & 10 Rebounds In NBA Playoff HistoryPlayerAge (Y-D)Series, Game, OpponentTue. VJ Edgecombe20-2651st Round Game 2 at Celtics1980 Magic Johnson20-276Finals Game 6 at 76ers2006 LeBron James21-1131st Round Game 1 vs. Wizards– ESPN Research<\/p>\n

Boston was only 13-of-47 from the 3-point line and shot 39.3% from the field overall, while committing 13 turnovers leading to 16 points by the 76ers.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia, which was again without center Joel Embiid<\/a> for Game 2 as he continues to go through a strength and conditioning program following an appendectomy on April 9, was twice without Edgecombe for brief stretches Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Edgecombe limped off in noticeable pain and went straight to the locker room for treatment in both the first and third quarters.<\/p>\n

He returned each time and kept scoring to help the 76ers build as much as a 13-point lead in the third.<\/p>\n

The intensity was high throughout the game.<\/p>\n

It hit a high point in the opening minutes when Brown was assessed a technical foul after his emphatic one-handed dunk over Adem Bona<\/a> that sent the 76ers big man to the floor.<\/p>\n

Replays appeared to show that Brown’s momentum after the jam carried him into contact with Bona, who fell to the floor and left Brown in a hovering position over him.<\/p>\n

But referee Marc Davis didn’t see it that way and called Brown for the tech.<\/p>\n

ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOSTON — VJ Edgecombe had 30 points and 10 rebounds while playing through pain after taking a hard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-622780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622780","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=622780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}