Cloud9 moved up to second in Group A following a 16-7 win over NiP on de_nuke.

After losing their first match in Aspen, Cloud9 entered this game in a must-win situation, and they got off to a good start in this match as they took the first three rounds of the first half thanks to a triple kill from Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert in the pistol round.

The first gun round also went Cloud9’s way, which allowed the North American side to take a 5-0 lead, but then NiP finally managed to respond and win their first round of the game despite finding themselves with a two-man disadvantage early on.

A quad kill from n0thing in the following round frustrated NiP and completely broke the Swedish team’s economy. As the game wore on, Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström’s side became more and more desperate to get a couple more rounds on the board and make a potential comeback on the CT side a little bit easier.

With n0thing and Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares running high on form, NiP had to rely on the raw skill of Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg, who gave his team their second round of the match with a triple kill in the 13th round. Still, Cloud9 remained calm and collected and won the following rounds to take a 13-2 lead going into the second half.

n0thing inspired Cloud9 to a great win 

In the pistol round, Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill gave NiP the round on a silver platter with two opening kills outside, which deeply hurt Cloud9 before they could even make a move.

The following four rounds also also went to NiP, but then a timely upper push from Cloud9 broke put a stop to the Swedish team's winning streak. Two great AWP kills from Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan then put Cloud9 on the verge of getting their 15th round, though the hero turned out to be Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek with a 1-on-3 clutch on the lower site.

It was a hard blow for the DreamHack Winter runners-up, who also conceded the following round. Their hopes of reaching the semi-finals now lie on beating KaBuM, who are about to face dignitas after thrashing Cloud9 earlier today.

MLG X-Games Aspen 2015Best of 1 Ninjas in PyjamasMatchpage 7 16 24th January 2015 Cloud9 7Nuke 16

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	24 - 14	+10	-	1.65
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	20 - 13	+7	-	1.38
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	17 - 13	+4	-	1.33
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	17 - 12	+5	-	1.18
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS	13 - 14	-1	-	0.89

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	16 - 17	-1	-	0.97
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	16 - 19	-3	-	0.95
Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele	16 - 18	-2	-	0.88
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	12 - 19	-7	-	0.70
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	6 - 18	-12	-	0.42

Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 34 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 Richard 'Xizt' Landström Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 574 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.62 Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 181 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.62 Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert Age: 24 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 110 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Adam 'friberg' Friberg Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 571 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Sean 'seang@res' Gares Age: 26 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 110 KPR: 0.59 DPR: 0.66 Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek Age: 20 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 47 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66