BOSTON (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 40 factors and VJ Edgecombe added 34 in his NBA debut to assist the Philadelphia 76ers rally to beat the Boston Celtics 117-116 of their season opener Wednesday evening.
Edgecombe scored essentially the most factors in an NBA debut since Wilt Chamberlain had 43 on Oct. 24, 1959.
Philadelphia led by 4 with 22 seconds left, but it surely was down to at least one when Edgecombe missed a pair of foul pictures with 9.1 seconds to play. Payton Pritchard had two pictures for the winner and missed each.
Joel Embiid performed for the primary time since February, scoring 4 factors on 1-of-9 capturing. The 2023 NBA MVP and a two-time league scoring champion had six rebounds in 20 minutes as he returns after a 2024-25 season when he was restricted to 19 video games due to a sprained left foot, a sinus fracture and arthroscopic surgical procedure on his left knee.
Jaylen Brown returned from a hamstring injury within the preseason finale to attain 25 factors. The 2024 NBA Finals MVP is predicted to hold a heavier load this 12 months with fellow All-Star Jayson Tatum, who watched the sport from the bench in avenue garments, recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Derrick White scored 13 factors of his 25 factors within the third quarter, when the Celtics scored 16 straight factors to show a five-point deficit into an 11-point lead. The Celtics led 94-84 with 9 minutes remaining earlier than the Sixers scored eight straight factors to make it shut.
Up subsequent
76ers: Host Charlotte on Saturday.
Celtics: At New York on Friday evening.
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