The action started with the North American choice of Overpass and impressed with a fantastic performance from automatic. The 25-year-old American was a threat to the German team, consistently finding openings and multi-kills to help EG win a convincing victory at the opener.
The first half of Dust 2 was a one-way performance. K1to’s squad made the best out of their T side, as they quickly managed to go up 1-7. It was going smoothly for BIG until 12-6 on the scoreline when the North Americans attempted a comeback on offense, but in the end, a couple of key rounds from syrsoN was enough to close the map 16-12.
Everything came down to Vertigo, where things were a nail-biter and went back-and-forth with both teams in the lead. Picking up momentum, the German put up a solid T side and won the first half of Vertigo at the scoreline of 8-7. BIG kept their momentum in the second half, winning the pistol and the next three rounds. After switching sides, the German side pulled off a couple of close retakes to start pulling away, closing out the map 16-10 and the series 2-1.
BIG – Evil Geniuses 2-1 | BLAST Premier Spring Groups
8-16 (Overpass) | 
autimatic – 1.79 Rating / 27-14 K-D / 109.6 ADR
16-12 (Dust 2) | 
syrsoN – 1.58 Rating / 24-15 K-D / 101.1 ADR
16-10 (Vertigo) | k1to – 1.50 Rating / 26-16 K-D / 101.7 ADR
MVP: syrsoN – 1.40 Rating / 62-44 K-D / 89.0 ADR
