NAVI narrowly wins and advances into the BLAST Austin Major playoffs

NAVI showed a strong performance rarely seen this year in the group stage of the BLAST.tv Austin Major, eventually defeating their Counter-Strike 2 rival G2 2-1 and successfully advancing to the playoffs.

Although the game was once in chaos, NAVI's stable performance at the critical moment made them the winner. In the first map of the series, Mirage, NAVI took the lead in the pistol round on the CT side and quickly established a lead.

Although G2 tied the score with huNter-'s 1v2 endgame, NAVI quickly won four games in a row and led 7-5 at halftime. In the second half, jL was in hot form, scoring 30 kills in a single map, helping the team take the lead 13-10.

On the second map, Anubis, NAVI gained a 9-5 advantage after the side change, and had the opportunity to win the game in two straight sets, but G2 showed their tenacity and won eight sets in a row to complete the reversal and tie the total score at 13-9. malbsMd exploded on the T side, scoring 22 kills in the whole game, making great contributions to G2's recovery of one point.

The decisive map Inferno was even more exciting. Snax performed a dagger kill at the beginning, which set off a wave of enthusiasm in the whole game. Both sides attacked and defended each other, and the score was deadlocked. NAVI entered the second half with a 7-5 lead and took the match point first.

However, G2 fought back strongly and dragged the game into overtime. During the overtime period, substitute Hades once led G2 to a match point, but NAVI tied the game with key kills from b1t and w0nderful, and the game entered the second overtime.

In the end, NAVI won the game with 19-16 in the second overtime and successfully advanced to the playoffs. Although G2's huNter- led the game with 27 kills, NAVI's overall firepower was more balanced, with Aleksib, iM, b1t and w0nderful all having more than 20 kills, laying the foundation for victory.