G2 has gotten back to their winning ways after taking down the freshly minted NiP roster. The same dominant form from Riyadh was on display once again despite NiP cutting it too close on multiple occasions.
VETO
- Ninjas in Pyjamas removed Dust2
- G2 removed Vertigo
- Ninjas in Pyjamas picked Anubis
- G2 picked Inferno
- Ninjas in Pyjamas removed Nuke
- G2 removed Mirage
- Ancient was left over
Map 1: Anubis; Pick – NiP; Winner – G2
Despite winning the pistol round, G2 hit some good shots, stealing the second round from the freshly minted NiP team. This force-buy conversion helped them assemble a string of 5 rounds before NiP got back on the board. The first half ended with G2 putting up a commendable lead of 8 rounds to 4.
The situation wasn’t any better in the second as NiP struggled to win more than three rounds in a row, off the back of a force-buy conversion after losing the pistol. Once G2 got their guns out, NiP managed to come close to winning the rounds but G2 closed the game with a 13-7 scoreline. m0nesy stood out as the best player on the server, scoring 21 kills and 1.81 IR.
Map 2: Inferno; Pick – G2; Winner – G2
G2 started their map pick with a pistol round loss and needed two more to get back to winning ways. After winning the first round, G2 picked up 7 rounds straight, asserting their dominance over NiP who managed to get one more round before closing the half with an 8-4 scoreline favoring G2.
NiP once again picked up the pistol round and two more that followed which cut the lead to a single round before G2 managed to run away with the lead winning 3 in a row. NiP found themselves on the backfoot once again but this time evenly trading rounds led to the m0nesy and co. closing the map with a 13-11 scoreline.
After an impressive display on the first map, m0nesy lead the scoreboard with 28 kills and 1.96 IR.
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