When the Philadelphia 76ers drafted VJ Edgecombe, fans knew they had landed a high-energy player. What they weren’t aware of was that the Baylor product would evolve into one of Philadelphia’s most clutch players, as evidenced against the New York Knicks.
Edgecombe did a bit of everything at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, from scoring in variety to making the scrappy plays that not every 20-year-old is willing to do. His cluster of winning plays guided the 76ers to a 116-107 win versus the Knicks to improve to 15-11 on the season. The rookie’s crunch-time performance epitomizes the clutch gene he has developed throughout the year.