Final Score: Spirit 0–2 Falcons (Dust2 13–16, Nuke 8–13)
There was a chance for Spirit to snatch a great scalp to start off their BLAST Rivals campaign. But it slipped through their fingers. Slow early starts on both maps and the pressure to close out first map with a CT advantage cost them dearly.
Spirit’s performance was a mix of hard fought resilience and frustration. They lost all four pistol rounds, yet still managed to go toe-to-toe in the gun rounds, even winning a couple more. That’s a sign of real depth and structure — but when you’re giving away free starts every half, even your best stuff can’t always save you.
Falcons, meanwhile, were firing on all cylinders. Their top trio — especially kyousuke — put on a show. On the first map, kyousuke went absolutely ballistic, racking up 31 kills and two aces in back-to-back rounds. Try remembering the last time someone pulled that off in a Tier 1 event. It doesn’t happen often. On 2nd map Nuke, it was a ”m0NESY & NiKo show”. Both soaring 1.72 and 1.41 ratings
A Missed Chance and a Painful Close Call for our Bettors
Our bets on Spirit ML and +7.5 handicap were agonizingly close to cashing in.On Nuke, Spirit clawed back from an early 1–7 deficit to reach 8–13, finishing just one round shy of covering the spread. It’s one of those matches where the little details could’ve turned it on our side
Takeaway for Upcoming Bets
Post game analysis on this match is a two headed spear. Falcons again started really really strong, but still needed to fight full 50 rounds to leave the stage with a smile. Will they lose again, if they can’t start hot?
On the other hand Spirit remain a dangerous team that just needs to clean up early rounds and pistol conversions. For bettors, that means Spirit might still hold value in upcoming group games — especially with a map win or over-rounds line if they can fix those cold starts.
Next up, Spirit will be fighting for survival — and possibly for redemption for those who were one round away from a winning ticket.