--F Thaddeus Young is averaging 20.3 points on 26-for-40 shooting in the last three games after averaging 8.7 points on 9-for-30 shooting in the previous four outings.

--G Jrue Holiday followed up an 11-point, six-rebound, two-steal performance in 10 minutes against the Wizards with 10 points and six assists in his first pro start vs. Boston. Holiday's plus-minus total of +10 against Washington was highest on the Sixers.

--F Elton Brand couldn't play against the Celtics after sitting out the final one-and-a-half quarters vs. the Wizards with a sore right hamstring. He hasn't appeared in more than 19 consecutive games in three seasons.

MEDICAL WATCH:

--F/C Marreese Speights, the Sixers' top reserve, suffered a partially torn MCL in the fourth quarter of Saturday's loss to the Bulls. He is lifting weights with his arms, but not starting rehab on his knee yet.

--G Lou Williams had his jaw fractured in the Washington defeat. He is expected to be out two to four weeks.

--F Elton Brand left the Washington game in the third quarter with a sore right hamstring and didn't return. He was unable to play against Boston and is listed as day-to-day.