The Boston Celtics had a chance to take a 2-0 lead on Sunday night, but they missed it. The chance slipped through their fingers, and the Philadelphia 76ers stole home-court advantage.
A VJ Edgecombe master class derailed Boston's hot start to the night, and it never managed to catch back up.
Here is one up and three downs from the game.
Down: Intensity
The Sixers knew what was at stake in this game. They knew that, had they put up a dud in this game, people would begin calling the series all but over.
They played with the intensity to match that reality. Boston did not.
For long stretches of this game, it felt like Philadelphia was first to every loose ball. Pressuring the ball whenever Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown ran the pick-and-roll. Up in Boston's space every chance they got.
And the Celtics just felt a step slow. One second late to contest. Thrown off their rhythm by ball pressure.
It was not the level of intensity Boston needed on Tuesday night.
Up: The Jays (for most of the game)
For all the wrongs that happened in this game, Tatum and Brown were right.
Both had some down moments. Brown drove into traffic without a plan. Tatum was ice-cold from 3-point range and took a couple of less-than-ideal shots. Yet for most of the game, they were the only source of consistency for Boston's offense.
When they were on the court together, it was offensive bliss. Early in the first quarter, in particular, they played off each other's gravity perfectly. And as the game went on, it was harder and harder for the Sixers to keep track of both of them at the same time.
As Boston battled to keep up with the 76ers' hustle, intensity, and defensive pressure, Tatum and Brown were its best options.
All that said, Tatum and Brown both spiraled in the second half. They were turning the ball over, they couldn't find their rhythm, and everything that was working in the first half slowly went awry in the second.
It was a rapid decline of a game plan that worked well for a fleeting moment in time.
Down: Neemias Queta
This isn't the same Neemias Queta who was a potential Most Improved Player candidate. This isn't the same guy who dominated the Sixers on March 1, posting a 27-point, 17-rebound double-double.
Right now, Queta doesn't look like himself. He's been off-kilter. Biting at pump-fakes and not jumping at potential shot-contest opportunities.
His rebounding isn't there, his rim presence has seemingly weakened, and the pick-and-roll wasn't as consistently effective as it was in Game 1.
Nikola Vucevic was the better big-man option for much of this game, and he was merely okay.
Queta has plenty of time to bounce back, but the first two games of this series haven't been an amazing start.
Down: 3-point shooting
Boston generated plenty of solid 3-point shots in this game. It just didn't make enough.
Derrick White missed a ton of open threes. Sam Hauser did, too, after a solid start to the game. Payton Pritchard was cold. Tatum couldn't hit anything, and outside of a hot streak in the third quarter, neither could Brown.
White, in particular, was hurting Boston. He had so many open opportunities that would have helped the Celtics get back in this game, but none of them fell.
On a night when the Celtics managed to create a ton of wide-open shots from distance, they just couldn't find the mark.
And considering the 76ers did the exact opposite, that was a brutal reality to face.