To round out day three of BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2024 we had Cloud9 vs Heroic, a game we thought would go very differently than it did.
A very quick 2-0, it was perhaps the most surprising result of Spring Groups thus far, so let's go back over the action.
Heroic started brightly with a pistol round win, but it wasn't long before Perfecto got Cloud9 on the board.
Heroic picked up another two rounds straight afterwards, but a last-second defuse by electroNic completely put a stop to any momentum they were hoping to build up.
A round that kicked off a seven-round winning streak for the Russian team, it could have gone very differently had Heroic capitalised on these crisp one deags from sjuush.
Cloud9 continued to build on their 8-4-lead on the second half, quickly taking the game to 12-4 thanks to this excellent post-plant by Perfecto on the A site.
And it would've ended 13-4 if it hadn't been for TeSeS and his 1v2 in the very next round.
Sadly for TeSeS though, that would prove to only be a consolation round - Cloud9 captain Boombl4 decided he was tired of Mirage and clutched up on the B site.
Heroic were looking to quickly put map one behind them and get off to a strong start on Anubis, something they looked like they would manage to do with a 5v3 post-plant situation on the B site.
And then Cloud9 showed up.
And they refused to go away too as they closed out the first half with an 11-1 scoreline that is best summed up by this ridiculous play by Boombl4 on the A site.
Their opponents would have hoped they could've returned the favour on their own CT side, but electroNic was having none of it. He picked up an absurd ace to re-open proceedings.
A formality at 12-1, Cloud9 closed out the game with ease and with electroNic sitting pretty at the top of the scoreboard with 21 kills.
Cloud9 will now face Virtus.pro in what will be a huge game for a spot in the Group D final.
As for Heroic, they face elimination against BIG - a game where both teams will be determined to show that they just had an off day,
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