Sixers will welcome All-Star break

Players will scatter after Monday's game, with only Michael Carter-Williams and Nerlens Noel obliged to attend All-Star weekend in New York to play in the Rising Stars game. Most will head wherever home is, some to vacation spots. While the rest is much needed and deserved, Brown will instill in his team that discipline also will be needed.

"For the players, you want them to take a deep breath, but there's a level of fitness that still has to be recognized," he said. "There's a level of skill that still has to be recognized. Somewhere out there, there will be a balance, for both of us.

-- Philadelphia Daily News