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Overall standings, teams’ performance overview, and more

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The penultimate working day of the 1st week of PUBG Cellular Super League (PMSL): Spring SEA concluded now, March 25. Right after four times of powerful motion between the 20 greatest Southeast Asian groups, VOIN Esports retains the pole placement. The crew displayed consistency currently as nicely, ending with 203 details and 134 eliminations. Although they got only a person chicken dinner in 24 online games, their a number of high-rated finishes and several frags helped them sustain their prime location.

Thai workforce HAIL Esports was in the second place at the conclude of the working day. The facet who began their climb on Working day 2 experienced a incredible outing nowadays as well, ending up with 179 details and 108 frags. They ended up also capable to safe a rooster dinner.

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The 3rd place right after 24 video games was occupied by Malaysian squad SEM9. This workforce far too has remained dependable throughout PMSL 7 days 1. Though the side had an average outing currently, they even now secured 163 details and 96 kills.

Common Thai staff Vampire Esports, who had a wonderful outing yesterday, ongoing their merry run now. With a number of major placements and a significant-frag rooster meal, the side secured 4th put with 145 points to their identify.

PMSL: Working day 4 match-intelligent overview

Overall standings after PMSL Day 4. (Image via PUBG Mobile)
Overall standings soon after PMSL Working day 4. (Graphic by means of PUBG Cell)

Well-liked Indonesian team Persija EVOS commenced off with a bang, finding a rooster evening meal in the first recreation of the day. The side cleverly navigated into the ultimate circle and secured the victory with 9 frags. Vampire Esports shown their survival instincts in this match as they crawled their way to second place with a one frag. The third area went to Vietnamese squad D’Xavier, who

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LCS Spring 2023 playoffs: Schedule, results, format, teams

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As the LCS Spring 2023 regular season comes to a close, two teams stand out as strong contenders for the championship trophy: Cloud9 and FlyQuest. With impressive 14 — 4 match scores, both teams have demonstrated their skill on the rift, with players like Ibrahim “Fudge” Allami, Lee “Prince” Chae-hwan, and Lee “VicLa” Dae-kwang earning multiple player of the game awards throughout the split.

100 Thieves also pose a formidable threat, claiming the third spot in the standings with a 10 — 8 match score. The team includes two of the most decorated players in the North America League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) — mid laner Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg and bot laner Yiliang “Peter” “Doublelift” Peng.

Here’s everything you need to know about the LCS Spring 2023 playoffs, including its schedule, format, teams, and where you can watch the matches live.

What is the LCS Spring 2023 playoffs?

The LCS Spring 2023 playoffs is the crowning event of the LCS Spring split, where teams will fight for the first LCS title of the year and MSI 2023 qualification.

Format of the LCS Spring 2023 playoffs

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Out of 10 franchised esports organizations competing in the LCS Spring 2023, only six teams qualify for the playoffs. Their placement determines which round they are seeded into, where the top four teams will start in the winners bracket while the fifth and sixth teams will start in the losers bracket.

The LCS playoffs will follow a double-elimination bracket with best-of-five matches.

In round 1 of the winners bracket, the first seed plays the fourth seed, while the second seed plays the third seed. The losing teams of both matches drop to the losers bracket.

The champion and runner-up qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI 2023), which kicks off on May

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NFL Week 2 Power Rankings: Chiefs rise to No. 2 while Super Bowl teams fall, but don’t overreact to wild start

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We’ve had one week of the NFL season and let’s just say it’s already nuts.

The San Francisco 49ers, considered a possible Super Bowl team, lost on the road to the Chicago Bears, who are far from it. 

The Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts tied in a game that the Texans actually dominated.

The Cincinnati Bengals lost a game in overtime to the Pittsburgh Steelers thanks to a blocked extra point on the final play in regulation, a game that started with Joe Burrow looking awful.

The New Orleans Saints needed a late kick to rally to beat the Atlanta Falcons as their supposedly dominant defense sure didn’t look that way in that game.

It was just a weird open to the season. The only two constants were the dominance shown by the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs. They both opened on the road with statement victories that featured high-flying offenses with their star passers putting on impressive shows.

The Bills remain in the top spot of my Power Rankings, with the Chiefs now in the second spot. Just remember, though, it’s just one week for all 32 teams. That means overreactions all this week leading into the second week.

Such as: 

The Packers are done.

The Patriots can’t score.

The Eagles are going to the Super Bowl.

Maybe one or two of those will be true, but not yet. It’s way too early. We can’t get a true gauge on this league until October. We really won’t know the true contenders until November, when separation really begins. 

So take that into account when reading these Power Rankings. Just because a team pulled off an upset doesn’t mean they should shoot up 10 spots. Let it play out for a bit.

The Bears won’t finish with a better

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Ranking the NFL teams most likely to go from worst to first in 2022: Ravens top list, Panthers could surprise

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One thing that makes the NFL so entertaining every year is the fact that it’s one of the most unpredictable sports on the planet, and nothing proves that more than the league’s uncanny ability to produce at least one team every season that goes from worst-to-first. 

Last year, that team was the Cincinnati Bengals. After finishing with an ugly record of 4-11-1 in 2020, the Bengals bounced back and made the Super Bowl in 2021, which should give some hope to every team that finished at the bottom of their division last season. 

Over the past five years, there have been a total of six teams that have followed up a last place finish in one season with a division-winning run the following season, and for those of you who aren’t good at math, that’s an average of more than one team per year. That average has actually held pretty firm over the years: Since the NFL realigned its divisions in 2002, there have been 27 teams that have gone from worst to first, which is an average of 1.35 teams per year over that 20-season span. 

Basically, NFL history says that at least one team is going to go from worst-to-first this year, and because we love ranking things here, we’re going to rank the eight last place finishers from 2021 to find out who could be this year’s Bengals. 

Ranking teams most likely to go from worst-to-first 

(All division odds via William Hill Sportsbook)

8. Seattle Seahawks

2021 record: 7-10
Odds to win NFC West: +2500

The Seahawks play in a division where every team got better during the offseason except for them, which isn’t ideal when you were already the worst team in the division. The Seahawks traded away their best offensive player (Russell Wilson), they

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2022 NBA offseason grades for all 30 teams: Celtics put on masterclass; Lakers underwhelm; 76ers earn ‘A’

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The 2022 NBA offseason has been like a furious game of “Red Light, Green Light,” with only slightly less dire consequences than “Squid Game” (hey, remember Squid Game?). It began with a flurry of moves in the first couple days of free agency, then a long cool-off period during which we were promised a holding pattern while the Brooklyn Nets contemplated what to do about Kevin Durant’s trade request.

Then, boom, suddenly the Utah Jazz and New York Knicks are reportedly discussing a Donovan Mitchell trade. After that, Deandre Ayton signs a max offer sheet with the Indiana Pacers only to have it matched within minutes by the Phoenix Suns. Man, time for a deep breath.

A good way to take a step back is to look at every team’s offseason in its entirety. Including the draft, trades and free agency, who’s in and who’s out on all 30 NBA teams? It’s not easy to keep straight, but thanks to the folks over at NBA.com for their handy list. It also took some extra research to add all the deals that have reportedly been agreed upon but aren’t yet official.

And just because we can, we decided to throw in some offseason grades — with the obvious caveat that no evaluation is set in stone with so many free agent signings and potentially gargantuan trades still on the horizon. Hopefully this gets published before the light turns green again.

Who’s in:

Who’s out:

Just a year after a surprising run to the conference finals that catapulted the Hawks into young contender status, they mortgaged their future by

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ESL suspends Russian esports teams and competitions over invasion of Ukraine

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Main esports operator ESL has introduced that “businesses with clear ties to the Russian governing administration, together with persons or companies less than alleged or confirmed EU sanctions similar to the [Ukrainian] conflict,” will not be authorized to compete in its Professional League functions. ESL functions established to acquire position inside of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) area, which features Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, have also been suspended.

“We are all shocked and saddened by the Russian invasion into Ukraine and hope for a swift and peaceful resolution,” ESL mentioned in a assertion. “Following checking the predicament, we are now placing an first set of actions in spot.

“Alongside one another with our partners and employees, we are at present operating on actions to aid the people today struggling from the recent tragedy with donations to UNHCR, paid out time off for workers to volunteer for humanitarian relief and paid time off for impacted colleagues.”

Two groups, Virtus.pro and Gambit, have as a result much been identified for exclusion. Instead like the Olympics, having said that, players from individuals teams will be authorized to choose component in occasions “below a neutral identify, devoid of representing their state, business or their teams’ sponsors on their garments or otherwise.”

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Neither Virtus.pro nor Gambit have commented on the suspension, but Virtus.professional issued a statement yesterday alleging that it was remaining threatened with disqualification from Players Galaxy: Dota 2 International Collection Dubai 2022, until it possibly issued a public statement about the invasion (presumably supportive of Ukraine) or agreed to “renounce our tag and jerseys and play without having affiliation to any distinct club or region.” The workforce blamed “the Ukrainians” for forcing event

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