This week's NBA winners and losers includes a look at Boston, which keeps chugging along despite MVP candidate Jayson Tatum's injury.

SportsLine's model simulated Phoenix Suns vs. Boston Celtics 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Wednesday

The depth of the Celtics’ roster was on full display Sunday as the shorthanded C’s took down the Trail Blazers 129-116.

With Boston all but locked into the No. 2 seed in the East the team could err on the side of caution in the coming days.

You’re reading Court Sense, a biweekly Celtics newsletter from the Boston Globe. Click here to join the fun. It’s a cold afternoon along the banks of the Charles River, and the Leslie brothers are doing what they do nearly every day of the year, which is chasing big fish.

Phoenix was a 10th seed holding the final play-in spot in the Western Conference Wednesday, but it had the same record as ninth-seeded Sacramento heading into the Celtics game. If the Suns beat the Kings in the final regular season on April 13 in Sacramento, it will even the season series at 2-2.

A sellout crowd of 17,071 that consisted of a noticeable amount of Boston fans saw the Celtics (54-19) knock down 22-of-52 shots from 3. The Suns (35-38) trailed by as many as 34 points in having their four-game win streak snapped to conclude a five-game homestand.