For all of the difficult, star-powered defensive assignments that Justin Edwards accepted and embraced over the months that followed, it was somewhat ironic that his first-ever NBA bucket on November 24, 2024 required little sweat. Ambitious from the get-go, the Philadelphia 76ers’ hometown swingman hunts down a milestone score, racing to collect a ricocheted pass after the L.A. Clippers disrupt his teammates’ pick-and-roll plans. Close enough to the rim to handle the task himself, the undrafted talent banks in an old-fashioned and-one, putting himself in the Association’s history books. Victory belonged to the Clippers on this occasion, but in a six-minute appearance, Edwards took full advantage of the opportunity. The final box score saw four points (on two-of-three shooting), two rebounds, and one assist, springboarding momentum that Edwards would again see a month-and-a-half later, as the snakebitten 76ers searched through their rotation. · Nov 24, 2024