"The Sixers have seven players averaging double-figure points with Lou Williams, who has zero starts, leading the bunch with 15.5 a night. It is an interesting approach to being successful in a league that boasts of teams winning with superstars.

What adds more intrigue to the road the Sixers have traveled to arrive at the top of the Atlantic Division is that no one player has been even keel for 19 games.

"We have had some really consistent guys, but I couldn't say one has been most," Doug Collins said. "I think all of our guys have had some ups and downs. But I think as a team we have been pretty consistent because of our depth, which has helped us.""