Are RWE and YNG Finished?

(1) Faze vs. (4) RWE (Faze leads 2-0)
📍 Thursday, Feb. 26 – 7:00 PM (Game 3)
📍 Saturday, Feb. 28 – 5:00 PM (Game 4, if nec.)
📍 Sunday, March 1 – 3:00 PM (Game 5, if nec.)

(2) YNG vs. (3) Cold Hearts (Cold Hearts lead 2-0)
📍 Thursday, Feb. 26 – 9:00 PM (Game 3)
📍 Saturday, Feb. 28 – 7:00 PM (Game 4, if nec.)
📍 Sunday, March 1 – 5:00 PM (Game 5, if nec.)

Both semi-finals series have been lopsided thus far but the books on these two series aren’t closed yet as there is still a lot of story left to be written. RWE finds themselves in a 2-0 hole in the best-of-5 series against FaZe and the YNG Dreamerz finds themselves in the exact same position against the Cold Hearts 😬

FaZe has been dominant so far and have firmly entered their names into the OTE GOAT conversation. FaZe has won an OTE record 16 straight games and over the last ten games they have had both the best offense and defense in the entire league. On top of that Marcus Spears Jr. has been on fire, as he is the only player who is top ten in all of PPG, RPG, BPG and SPG over the course of these playoffs. FaZe will look to close things out tonight with another suffocating defensive performance, as they have held RWE to a lowly 72.0 PPG in this series 🔥

RWE, on the other hand, is on the brink of elimination and with that the legendary career of Taylen Kinney may be at its end. Kinney is one of the greatest OTE players of all-time, finishing as just one of three players ever to be named as an All-OTE player on two separate occasions. On top of that Kinney has been scorching hot in the playoffs, averaging 26.0 PPG on a playoff leading 55.9% shooting from deep. For Kinney and RWE to extend their season they will need someone other than him or Parker Robinson (22.0 PPG) to step up. Javon Bardwell is out for game three which means RWE will have to lean on the efforts of Peyton Miller or Mathias Alessanco to stay alive 😭

The Cold Hearts appear to be on the verge of making their first ever trip to the OTE Finals and the turnaround they have accomplished is truly awe-inspiring. After going 3-17 last season and returning four players from that roster it was reasonable to expect that this year’s Cold Hearts team would also struggle. Well they have done anything but struggle this season, going 13-5 and finding themselves one win away from the OTE Finals. Adam Oumiddoch has been the catalyst for everything the Cold Hearts do, as he has the longest active streak of 20+ point games with 16 straight 🥹

The YNG Dreamerz title defense has taken some major blows but they aren’t ready to lay down and give up just yet. Despite the team’s bumpy play in the semi-finals, OTE MVP Isaac Ellis is still busy setting league records. In game one, Ellis recorded 16 assists which is an OTE record for most assists in a playoff game. On top of that, he also broke the career record for most 3-pointers, as he has now hit 161 threes and counting. The Dreamerz will need their trio of Ellis, Caleb Jones and Matt Allen to all perform in the same game if they want to have any hope of extending this series 😮

The semi-finals will continue tonight, starting with game three of RWE vs. FaZe at 7 PM which will be followed by the Cold Hearts trying to close out the YNG Dreamerz at 9 PM. All OTE playoff games can be watched on OTE’s YouTube channel 📱

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