100 Thieves vs NRG

NRG have taken all four head-to-head meetings this year, and in the Americas Stage 1 playoffs they rolled 100 Thieves 2-0 without dropping a single set. This final is a best-of-five, and it's 100T's first five-map series outside qualifiers since 2024, whereas NRG swept six maps here in Paris eight months ago to win the world title — and that championship core is back intact. The best-of-five format itself widens the deeper side's edge, and this year's clean sweep plus the Paris stage sit on top of it. That said, NRG were ice-cold in the last semifinal, giving up their own pick Haven 4-13 with all four players outside skuba posting sub-1.0 set ratings, and 100T have the weapons to steal a set through Cryocells' Operator and bang's clutches. So the desk leans NRG 60%, 3-1 rather than a clean sweep. If 100T erase Lotus in the veto and set up Sunset and Haven as their own picks to take the first two maps, the wall that's stood for four months can be flipped.