A common philosophy is that preseason games are meaningless, simply an exercise in loosening up and tuning up for when the regular-season games begin.
The Sixers have just five preseason games to mesh into a comprehensive unit before the regular season begins in Washington on October 18, and Brett Brown is taking every single one of them seriously.
"We just have to look at them critically," said Brown before the first of the five games on Wednesday night against Memphis at the Wells Fargo Center. "You can't help but judge it as did they do well or didn't they?