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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Philadelphia<\/a> rookie VJ Edgecombe<\/a> led Team Vince to victory in the Rising Stars event at NBA All-Star weekend Friday night, scoring 17 points in the semifinal before hitting two free throws to end the final.<\/p>\n

San Antonio<\/a> guard Dylan Harper<\/a> ended the first semifinal in memorable fashion by scoring the game-winning bucket over Ron Harper Jr<\/a>., his older brother.<\/p>\n

Dylan Harper then scored eight points in the final for Team Melo while teaming up with his Spurs teammate, Stephon Castle<\/a>, last season’s Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n

Castle made a putback dunk off Jeremiah Fears<\/a>‘ miss to pull Team Melo within one point of victory in the final, but Edgecombe drew a foul from Donovan Clingan<\/a> and coolly hit both free throws to end it at 25-24<\/a>. Edgecombe was named the Rising Stars MVP.<\/p>\n

The NBA’s rookies, sophomores and G League prospects opened the All-Star weekend at the LA Clippers<\/a>‘ Intuit Dome with this four-team tournament of three games played to a set point total.<\/p>\n

Dylan Harper called game in the first semifinal with a succession of moves that could have been learned on the driveway at home, bullying Ron Jr. into the paint before hitting a step-back jumper. Dylan stuck out his tongue in gleeful celebration of only his second basket in the semifinal, and their famous father laughed heartily at courtside.<\/p>\n

Edgecombe scored nearly half of his team’s 41 points — including the last 10 in a row — while winning the second semifinal to set up a showdown between the teams led by NBA greats Vince Carter and Carmelo Anthony.<\/p>\n

The Rising Stars game wasn’t a full showcase of the NBA’s top young talent because No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg<\/a> dropped out of the game due to injury, as did Washington<\/a>‘s Alex Sarr<\/a> and Memphis<\/a>‘ Cedric Coward<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Edgecombe hit three 3-pointers during his scoring barrage in the first semifinal to win his duel with Charlotte<\/a>‘s Kon Knueppel<\/a>, who scored just four points. The two rookies are the only serious contenders with Flagg for the Rookie of the Year award.<\/p>\n

The event got off to a rousing start when Clippers prospect Yanic Konan Niederhauser<\/a> dunked a lob from Ron Harper Jr. for the first basket of the night. The Swiss big man who was drafted last summer by the All-Star weekend hosts, got raucous cheers from the fans in The Wall, an extra-steep supporters’ section installed at Intuit Dome by Clippers owner Steve Ballmer.<\/p>\n

Niederh\u00e4user led his losing team with 11 points in the first semifinal.<\/p>\n

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