{"id":483671,"date":"2026-02-14T08:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=483671"},"modified":"2026-02-14T08:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:47:24","slug":"edgecombes-clutch-free-throws-lead-team-vince-to-rising-stars-glory-at-the-intuit-dome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/edgecombes-clutch-free-throws-lead-team-vince-to-rising-stars-glory-at-the-intuit-dome\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgecombe\u2019s Clutch Free Throws Lead Team Vince to Rising Stars Glory at the Intuit Dome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The Clippers&#8217; new home kicked off the festivities with the tournament dedicated to the league&#8217;s up-and-coming talent. <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"118\">Team Vince<\/b> (named after Vince Carter) claimed the title, prevailing in a final that went right down to the wire.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">In the first semifinal, Team Vince defeated Team T-Mac <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"55\">41-36<\/b>; Niederh\u00e4user\u2019s 11 points weren&#8217;t enough to keep his squad afloat. In the other bracket, <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"150\">Team Melo<\/b> punched their ticket to the final by taking down Team Austin <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"221\">40-34<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The final proved to be a tense 12-minute showdown featuring constant lead changes. Team Melo jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but dunks from <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"141\">Buzelis<\/b> and <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"153\">Edgecombe<\/b> quickly put Team Vince back in the mix. Threes from Clingan and Harper tried to build a cushion (4-9), but <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"270\">D\u00ebmin<\/b> and Buzelis responded to restore the balance. After a go-ahead bucket by Fears (15-17), the game turned into a point-for-point war of nerves.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Ultimately, it was the Philadelphia 76ers\u2019 <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"43\">Edgecombe<\/b> who decided the match, remaining ice-cold at the stripe to sink two free throws for the final <b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"147\">25-24<\/b> victory.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Top Performers:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"7\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Team Vince:<\/b> Edgecombe (6 points), Carter Bryant (5 points).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Team Melo:<\/b> Dylan Harper (8 points), Donovan Clingan (6 points).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clippers&#8217; new home kicked off the festivities with the tournament dedicated to the league&#8217;s up-and-coming talent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":483664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-483671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/02\/Immagine-2026-02-14-083225.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483671"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=483671"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=483671"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=483671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}