G2 Esports picked up their first win at IEM Oakland after defeating Astralis 16-12 on Nuke.

The match began with Astralis taking the pistol round in a close 1on1 situation and following it up with an anti-eco to take a quick 2-0 lead. A third-round buy from G2 resulted in their first win of the game, with the French team following that up with another round to restore parity at 2-2.

Astralis then kept G2's offense in check, winning six of the following seven rounds, but the Frenchmen battled back during the final stages of the half to bring the deficit down to three rounds.

G2 won the pistol round as CT, but Astralis hit back right after with Desert Eagles and full body armor. But then the Danish giants were given a taste of their own medicine as they lost an anti-eco round after being caught off-guard inside A.



G2 turned the tables on Astralis

That was the start of a great run by G2, who won six rounds straight to overcome the deficit and take a solid lead. Astralis still called a timeout in an effort to halt G2's momentum, but the French team would reach match point without giving up another round.

Astralis showed that they still had fight in them as they won back-to-back rounds, but G2 were not going to let a comeback happen and locked down the map, 16-12, to pick up their first victory in Oakland.

IEM Oakland 2016 Best of 1 Astralis Matchpage 12 16 G2 12 Nuke 16

G2 K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz 28 - 17 +11 105.9 1.50 Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK 22 - 15 +7 75.7 1.20 Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy 17 - 23 -6 60.4 0.93 Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM 15 - 17 -2 65.6 0.90 Richard 'shox' Papillonshox 16 - 18 -2 59.2 0.89 Astralis K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh 26 - 21 +5 96.3 1.34 Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice 23 - 20 +3 78.7 1.14 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x 14 - 19 -5 69.0 0.96 Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve 14 - 18 -4 65.5 0.82 Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye 12 - 21 -9 59.0 0.61

Meanwhile, Natus Vincere looked to make amends against TyLoo after being soundly beaten by Team Liquid in the opening round of fixtures. The Chinese team, who began the match on the Terrorist side, got off to a great start and took a 6-3 lead, but Na`Vi tightened up their defense and closed out the half with a 9-6 lead.



Na`Vi are now 1-1 in Oakland

TyLoo came from the break with fire in their bellies, winning seven of the first nine rounds, but then Na`Vi went on a run of their own and took the map 16-14.