There was a lot at stake when G2 and BIG clashed this Friday evening, in a vital elimination match at the lower bracket of IEM Katowice. As the word ‘elimination’ indicates, the loser of the match will be knocked out from the event, and this time it was the Germans from BIG who had to go home empty-handed.
The otherwise strong German side will leave the $1 Million event after two losses on Inferno and Mirage, where G2 and especially the Kovac cousins of NiKo and huNter- displayed an extremely high level of Counter-Strike. The two powerful Bosnians dominated a map each, with NiKo closing out the series on Mirage with a massive 33-bomb and 1.82 Rating
.@G2esports manage to close out the series against @BIGCLANgg 2-0 and stay alive in the tournament!
16-10 Inferno
16-12 Mirage#IEM pic.twitter.com/AQBWClnPWe— Intel® Extreme Masters (@IEM) February 19, 2021
G2 – BIG (2-0) | IEM Katowice
16-10 (Inferno) | huNter – 1.56 Rating / 26-12 K-D / 87.5 ADR
16-12 (Mirage) | NiKo – 1.82 Rating / 33-18 K-D / 111.7 ADR
Highlight of the match
MVP
Nikola “NiKo” Kovac | 1.45 Rating / 49-37 K-D / 94.1 ADR
NiKo was a massive problem for BIG on Mirage, finishing the map with 89.3% KAST and 10 first kills.#IEM
Map statistics:https://t.co/gycpinbxEk pic.twitter.com/oGRkf0w7fS
— HLTV.org (@HLTVorg) February 19, 2021
