Liquid eliminated from IEM Rio without a map win after a 0-2 loss to 3DMAX
After falling to Spirit 0-2 yesterday, Liquid faced the Frenchmen on 3DMAX in their elimination match at IEM Rio. After choking a big lead on Nuke, Liquid struggled to get going on Ancient as they were unable to find any rounds outside of a brief streak. They now have nearly a month off before their next event in Atlanta.
3DMAX picked Nuke as the first map of the series, but Liquid got the first pistol and conversion. 3DMAX got a few rounds on their T-side, but entered the second half down 4-8. After Liquid won the second pistol and conversions, 3DMAX faced a 4-11 gap. However, Liquid slowly but surely let the lead slip away, sending the map to overtime. Even after that, Liquid got the first two rounds of overtime on their T-side, but let the next four go. 3DMAX took map one 16-14.
Liquid picked Ancient, but lost the first pistol and conversions to give the French an early 4-0 lead. 3DMAX lost five rounds in the middle, but got another three to close the half, ending up 7-5. 3DMAX's CT-side proved too much for Liquid to break through as 3DMAX took the map 13-5, sending them home.
Liquid3DMAX| Liquid |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Roland 'ultimate' Tomkowiak |
39 - 33 | +6 | 79.0 | 81.2% | 1.13 |
 Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa |
32 - 37 | -5 | 71.6 | 70.8% | 1.06 |
 Keith 'NAF' Markovic |
30 - 35 | -5 | 83.1 | 70.8% | 0.92 |
 Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski |
30 - 36 | -6 | 66.3 | 72.9% | 0.83 |
| Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek |
22 - 35 | -13 | 55.5 | 66.7% | 0.71 |
| 3DMAX |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang |
54 - 29 | +25 | 95.0 | 79.2% | 1.77 |
| Pierre 'Ex3rcice' Bulinge |
34 - 31 | +3 | 82.3 | 81.2% | 1.33 |
| Filip 'Graviti' Brankovic |
36 - 31 | +5 | 81.7 | 77.1% | 1.32 |
| Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier |
28 - 36 | -8 | 70.1 | 75.0% | 0.87 |
| Bryan 'Maka' Canda |
23 - 27 | -4 | 56.0 | 70.8% | 0.77 |
Liquid's next event will be on home soil at IEM Atlanta, which does not begin until May 11th.
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