More questions than answers as the NBA’s second-round continues

The GIST: Think your bestie’s bachelorette was chaotic? Try the NBA Playoffs. For the first time in league history, two 60-win teams are down 0-2 in the second round — an unprecedented double whammy that has us questioning everything.

🤔 Can the defending champ Boston Celtics bounce back? Wednesday’s Game 2 saw the NY Knicks pull off a 91–90 win that was eerily similar to the stunning series opener. Immaculate comebacks aside, Boston’s led for all but 12 minutes in the first two tilts…just not when it mattered. In fact, the C’s have scored a measly 38 points combined in two fourth quarters and an overtime.

• Tomorrow’s 3:30 p.m. ET Game 3’s already the hottest ticket in town as the series shifts to NY, and only time will tell if Jayson Tatum and the C’s can claw back in this rivalry matchup.

🍳 Are the shorthanded Cleveland Cavaliers cooked? Just like the other assumed beast-in-the-East, the Cavs are down two games to a lower-seeded foe, the Indiana Pacers. But there’s even bigger concerns plaguing The Land: injuries. Three key players, including Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley, are questionable ahead of tonight’s 7:30 p.m. ET Game 3. Welp.

🔥 Was the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Game 2 domination an anomaly? OKC completely overwhelmed the Denver Nuggets from tip-off to the final buzzer in Wednesday's 149–106 Game 2 shellacking, but this kind of domination isn’t new for the Thunder: They beat teams by a historic 12.87 points on average during the regular season.

• Still, this series is level at one game a piece, meaning three-time MVP Nikola Jokić’s Nuggets aren’t going to roll over, especially with things moving to the Mile High City for tonight’s 10 p.m. ET Game 3.

❤️‍🩹 Can the Golden State Warriors survive without Steph Curry? You can ask the Magic 8 ball, but it’s not looking promising after the Minnesota Timberwolves evened the series with last night’s lopsided 117–93 win. Curry will miss at least a week, and hamstring injuries are notoriously pesky — that’s why tomorrow’s 8:30 p.m. ET Game 3 (and Monday’s Game 4) are already out of the question.