Things You Need To Know Going Into The NALCS Playoffs

Things you need to know going into the NALCS Playoffs!

First Round Bye!

100 Thieves snuck their way into 1st place and knocked the dominant Echo Fox into the 2nd seed
You won’t see 100 Thieves and Echo Fox play until next week in their Semi-Final Match Up 3/31/18-4/1/18

Forever 4th!

Team Liquid finished the season 4th and will be facing off with the 5th seed Cloud 9 on 3/24/18 @ 2PM.
Team Liquid being the higher seeded team will have side selection for games 1,3,5

High vs Low!

TSM ended the season in 3rd place and therefore will be facing off the 6th seed Clutch Gaming on 3/25/18 @12PM

Semi-Finals...who plays who?

As the first place team 100 Thieves will face off against the lowest seeded team to make it out of the quarter finals. This means if Clutch Gaming beats TSM we will have a 100 Thieves vs. Clutch Semi-Final. Otherwise they will face off against the winner of TL vs. C9.

Miami!!

This year’s Spring Finals will be held at the Fillmore in Miami Beach
The third place match will take place on Saturday 4/7/18
The Finals will be held on Sunday 4/8/18

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