The Philadelphia 76ers have established an identity, playing with energy to get up and down the floor while attacking the rim.

"To come in and have the responsibility to try to build a culture and create a system and coach new guys and bring new guys in as a team, I'm proud of where we are at," Brett Brown said.

The 76ers only have six players from last season's team, while two of those players haven't appeared in a game.

"Just being thrown together for the last 3 1/2 months, and to lead the NBA in pace [at 105.5 possessions per game] . . . we said [that was a goal] from day one," Brown said. "And we've done that."