Wednesday is a short but loaded card — two games, both on ESPN, both 1-8 matchups, both with the top seed at home, but one trying to restore order after the opening weekend didn't go exactly as written. Detroit is the only No. 1 seed in the field that's already in a hole, and Oklahoma City is the defending champion that hasn't broken a sweat yet. Both games carry a familiar question: does an 8-seed have a chance to derail the top seed?

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Orlando Magic (8) at Detroit Pistons (1) | 7:00pm ET, ESPN

Game 2. Orlando leads series 1-0.

The Pistons came out flat, got punched in the mouth early, and spent an entire game chasing an opponent that never once trailed. Orlando's five starters all scored at least 16 points. Banchero had 23, nine rebounds and four assists. Wagner scored 11 of his 19 in the fourth quarter to salt it away. Bane and Carter each put up 17. Suggs had 16 with four assists and three steals. It was one of the most complete road performances you'll see in a first-round game, executed by a team that had just played two pressure-filled play-in games in the same week.

Cunningham scored 39 in a losing effort — a playoff career high that would have won almost any other game on the floor that night. But he was completely alone. Tobias Harris was the only other Piston in double figures, shooting 5-for-15. The rest of Detroit's roster was functionally invisible. The halfcourt offense was stagnant from the opening tip — coach J.B. Bickerstaff admitted the team came out rusty and tight after a week off — and Orlando's defense exposed every spacing issue the Pistons have tried to paper over all season.

Here's what Detroit knows going into Game 2: they need more from everyone not named Cade Cunningham. Jalen Duren, who carried this team during Cunningham's collapsed-lung absence, attempted only four field goals in Game 1. The Pistons ranked first in the NBA in points in the paint this season, but they only managed 34 in the paint in the opener while Orlando posted 54. That's the single most correctable stat on the board and the one Bickerstaff will be hammering all week. If Duren is aggressive, physical and assertive in the post, Detroit's offense becomes harder to guard. If he's passive again, Cunningham will spend another 40 minutes carrying a load nobody should carry alone.

Orlando's concern is consistency. The Magic are 23-23 this season when coming off a win — a maddening split that reflects a team capable of brilliance and complacency in equal measure. They also shot just 10-for-34 from three in Game 1, which is a number that caught up with them against Philadelphia in the play-in. If the Pistons play a cleaner defensive game tonight and Orlando's supporting cast cools off from the field, this could flip in a hurry. Detroit is a -9.5 home favorite — the market doesn't believe in a repeat performance.

Orlando wins if the Magic bring the same locked-in, five-man effort they brought to Sunday's opener. Banchero and Wagner functioning as a co-dominant frontcourt rather than competing for the same looks is the version of Orlando that nobody has an answer for.

Detroit wins if Cunningham gets help from everyone else on the floor and Duren plays like the Most Improved Player finalist he's spent the whole season becoming. The Pistons are a deeper, more talented team than what they showed in Game 1. They have to prove it starting tonight.

Phoenix Suns (8) at Oklahoma City Thunder (1) | 9:30pm ET, ESPN

Game 2. Oklahoma City leads series 1-0.

The 35-point blowout in Game 1 was over in 18 minutes. OKC went up 25 points in the first quarter, held the Suns to 37.6% shooting on the night, and never came close to letting Phoenix back in. SGA scored 25 points on 15-for-17 from the free-throw line, Williams had 22, and Holmgren added 16 — and that was with SGA shooting just 5-for-18 from the field. The Thunder won by 35 while their best player was cold from the floor. That's what defending champions playing at full speed look like.

Phoenix's Game 1 issues were diagnosable, if not necessarily solvable: poor rebounding, too many turnovers, and an offense that stalled whenever it couldn't get to its preferred spots. Jordan Goodwin is out with left calf soreness and Mark Williams missed Game 1 with a foot injury — both were already limited heading in. The Suns are thinner on the interior than they need to be against a team with Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein, and Isaiah Joe all capable of manning the paint. Without enough size to compete on the glass, Phoenix keeps giving OKC second-chance opportunities, and the Thunder have proven all season they don't need many.

The one genuine crack in OKC's armor is three-point defense — the Thunder ranked 25th in the league in that category this season. Phoenix set a franchise record by making 1,210 threes this season and ranked 12th in accuracy. Devin Booker and Jalen Green are both capable of getting hot from deep in any game, and if the Suns can convert at a rate that forces OKC to account for the arc, the floor opens up for drives and pull-up mid-range looks that are both Booker's bread and butter. Green scored 36 on 14-for-20 shooting in Phoenix's play-in win over Golden State — that version of him can keep any game interesting through three quarters.

The problem is that interesting through three quarters isn't the same as winning in four. OKC was the first seed for the third consecutive year, has the league's best adjusted net rating for the second straight season, and is built with enough depth that Daigneault can throw different looks at Phoenix without the Thunder ever really being uncomfortable. Phoenix needed to win its play-in game just to be here. OKC has been one of the best teams in basketball since October and the defending champions.

Phoenix wins if Booker and Green both get hot from three simultaneously and the Suns force OKC into a pace that puts the Thunder's half-court execution under pressure. They beat OKC once this season in January — if they can replicate that shooting night, there's a game here.

Oklahoma City wins if SGA plays like himself — which, given that he shot 5-for-18 and they still won by 35, means Phoenix is in serious trouble. The Thunder don't need a complete performance from their best player to close a series against this opponent.

Both games tonight feature the same dynamic from different angles. Orlando proved in Game 1 that it belongs. Detroit, the top seed in the East with 60 regular-season wins, was the one that looked like it didn't. Phoenix showed some signs of life in the play-in but got completely overwhelmed when it walked into Paycom Center. Both 8-seeds are trying to answer the same question in different ways: was Game 1 who they really are, or was it the peak of what they can be?

The gap between a series lead and an 0-2 hole is enormous. It's the difference between heading home with momentum and facing a near-statistical impossibility. Detroit needs to be the team it was for 60 games. OKC needs to remember it's the defending champion.