After back-to-back losses to the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers, the Boston Celtics picked up a key seven-point win over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday. Now, the Celtics will face a scrappy and surging Portland Trail Blazers team on Wednesday.

The Boston Celtics are sitting at 43-18 which is good for the No. 2 seed in a top-heavy Eastern Conference. As they look ahead to Wednesday evening's matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers, a few key pieces have found themselves on the injury report.

The stars combined for 83 points and continued to remind the rest of the league just how difficult it will be to go through them.