The OTE Finals are Set

Semi-Finals:

📍 FaZe 93, RWE 66 (FaZe advances 3-0)

📍 Cold Hearts 89, YNG Dreamerz 87 (Cold Hearts advance 3-0)

The Cold Hearts won an all-time nailbiter to close out the series against the YNG Dreamerz and advance to the OTE Finals for the first time in program history. The YNG Dreamerz led by as much as nine in the fourth quarter but a furious rally late put the Cold Hearts in a position to win it late. With the game tied and six seconds remaining, the Cold Hearts got the ball into the hands of Anderson Diaz who used a great screen from Adam Oumiddoch to get all the way to the paint to put in the game-winning shot with just 0.3 seconds left on the clock 🤯

Diaz was cooking all game long, scoring a team-high 28 points while also dishing out seven assists and pulling down five rebounds. Oumiddoch wasn’t far behind, scoring 26 of his own, including the game-tying triple with under a minute remaining 💪

The YNG Dreamerz were without both Isaac Ellis and Caleb Jones, the playoffs two leading scorers, but Matt Allen didn’t get the memo that they were being counted out. Allen put the team on his back, scoring a career-high 34 points, including a 16 point onslaught in the third quarter to keep YNG in it until the very end. Jake Thomas also had a career night, logging a career-best 23 points to go along with five rebounds and five assists 😮‍💨

After another close first half, FaZe turned things all the way up in the second half to take home a 93-66 and advance to the OTE Finals. FaZe found themselves down seven at halftime but an unbelievable third quarter saw them out score RWE 29-6 and allowed them to seal the game and a trip to the OTE Finals in their first year in the league. It was an all around effort for FaZe but Austin Goosby led the way in scoring with 16 points while also logging seven boards and six assists 🔥

Seven Spurlock continued his playoff renaissance, scoring 14 points and pulling down five boards but where he made his true mark was on defense, where he ripped off a game-high three steals. DaKari Spear was another major playmaker for FaZe, scoring 13 points and matching Goosby’s team-high six assists 🎯

RWE’s season came to an end and thus so did the illustrious OTE careers of Taylen Kinney and Parker Robinson. In Kinney’s last game at OTE he registered an all-around stat line of 16 points, six assists and five rebounds. Robinson finished his OTE career on an absolute heater, leading the team with 23 points which included four triples made 😭

The OTE Finals will tip off next Thursday, March 5 at 7 PM as both FaZe and Cold Hearts will be vying for their first championships in program history. All OTE playoff games can be watched on OTE’s YouTube channel 📱

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