Andre Miller doesn't speak much, so when he does his teammates listen.

Before Wednesday night's win over Detroit, Miller told the team that the final five games were important, not just for seeding, but to sustain momentum when the playoffs finally get here.

“We really don’t have time to relax,” Miller said. “For this team it’s been a (long) season, but we don’t want to go into the playoffs with a letdown. I’ve been on a team in Denver where we did this, we were in this position and guys started to sit out and it carried over into the playoffs. The main thing is just to stay in some type of rhythm and keep some type of focus.”

That fact that he spoke at all grabbed the Sixers' attention.

“Andre Miller, he doesn’t speak much, but before last night’s game, right before we got on the court, he was like, ‘We need these games,’ ” Andre Iguodala said. “And for him to say that I think guys kind of got it. For him to say something and he was like, “We need these games. We need all of them. Let’s be ready to play.’ I think that kind of turned on the switch to some of the younger guys and everybody on the team.”