VJ Edgecombe helped the 76ers avoid blowing a 24-point lead on Thursday, tipping in the go-ahead shot late in regulation against the Warriors.

Inside the 76ers’ celebratory postgame locker room late Thursday, VJ Edgecombe received a phone call from Buddy Hield. That would not normally occur between two players who had just faced off in a wild thriller.

Nothing vaults you to the top of the Rookie of the Year conversation quite like dropping 34 on your new arch-rival in a winning effort. VJ Edgecombe’s NBA debut set a near impossible bar to reach on a nightly basis.

Jared McCain and VJ Edgecombe discuss growing their backcourt pairing for the Philadelphia 76ers off the bench.

A few days before his Warriors are set to take on Edgecombe’s 76ers in Philadelphia in the first matchup between student and teacher, Hield scoffed at such a notion. “He’s homegrown, he’s self-grown, he’s that guy,” Hield told the Bay Area News Group earlier this week.

Golden State's 24-point comeback on the road, led by two-way contract guard Pat Spencer, was foiled by VJ Edgecombe's last second heroics.