The South Americans mounted a comeback on the Nuke to secure a 2-0.
paiN Gaming has eliminated 3DMAX from the BLAST.tv Austin Major. They will join the 2-2 pool and have a chance for playoffs tomorrow.
3DMAX is eliminated after being in strong position on Nuke to force a decider, where they were the favorite on paper.
3DMAX suffered another defeat on Inferno, after the close loss they had against Na`Vi, where they lost 4 match points.
This time they were beaten by paiN, who were able to turn around a 4-7 deficit on their CT-side to win the map comfortably.
They got their fifth round thanks to a clean 2v2 retake from nqz and dav1deuS.
The recently added Uruguayan, dgt, top-fragged to earn paiN the victory.
3DMAX get to 11-4 on Nuke
paiN started off with the T pistol, but were in a 2v3 position in the force-buy. Unfortunately for 3DMAX, Ex3rcice failed to clear the boxes on B-site properly, and nqz got a triple kill from behind to convert for paiN.
Even so, 3DMAX came back with a vengeance to win four gun rounds in a row and take control of the first half.
The French went on a successive 7-round run, including a 3v5 with a late-round crunch on the terrorists on A-site.
paiN fought back with a successful force-buy to at least get a 4-8 half.
Despite, winning the pistol, the map took a turn in favor of 3DMAX when Ex3rcice won a 1v3 in the force-buy round.
PaiN brings it back to 2-0
It looked like the game was close to over, but then paiN’s CT-side caught steam.
They streaked 6 rounds in a row, to make the game 11-11, with all paiN players surpassing 15 kills on the map.
3DMAX had a chance to close it 13-11, but paiN clutched it out to take the map to overtime.
Once in overtime, paiN continued their dominance to destroy the Frenchmen’s dream of making the playoffs at Austin.
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Match Statistics
3DMAX vs paiN Gaming – | BLAST.tv Austin Major Stage 3 – Round 3
9-13 (Inferno) – dgt | 1.19 rating
12-16 (Nuke) – biguzera | 1.41 rating
