NA LCS Semi-final Match Preview – 100 Thieves vs Clutch Gaming

There’s not a lot of time left in the NA LCS, with only two semi-final matches, followed by a 3^rd place match, then the Grand Final to determine which team will reign supreme and represent North America at the Mid-Season Invitational. 100 Thieves capped off an impressive first split by taking the number one spot in the NA LCS at the last possible second, while Clutch Gaming pulled off an NA LCS first by knocking TSM out of playoffs for the first time in NA LCS history.

The clashes between these two teams were interesting to say the least. The first match between 100 Thieves and Clutch Gaming started out very bloodlessly, with both teams preferring to trade objectives for much of the match. Clutch Gaming actually pulled ahead quite a lot, at one point they were ahead in gold by around 10k, but 100 Thieves managed to reel them in, reducing the gold difference to the mere hundreds by the time they closed out the game. Their second battle was much less close, as though the teams traded the lead back and forth, by the time 100 Thieves closed out the game they had gained a lead of almost 7k gold.

We haven’t seen 100 Thieves play since the regular season tie-breaker round, where they claimed first place over Echo Fox, but their performance over the course of the split has shown that they are more than capable of bringing the heat to their opponents. For Clutch Gaming, we’ve already seen what they can do, falling behind to TSM early in their quarterfinal series yet still managing to come out with the win to show that they aren’t willing to just roll over and die. For more information on the times these two teams will be clashing, check out the Official Schedule page, here, and for more NA LCS action, check out the match preview for our other semi-final bout between Echo Fox and Team Liquid.