NA and EU Spring Playoffs Semifinals: Day 1

Tomorrow, we'll have our next round of the LCS playoffs in North America and Europe.  Tomorrow could result in a number of surprises--Team Liquid could continue their roll from last week and absolutely demolish Cloud 9 like they did CLG, or they could choke as they've been doing the rest of the season.  On the other hand, H2K in some circles is expected to smash Fnatic in a best of 5, but Fnatic did leave a pretty clear message that such an upset wouldn't fly this close to the playoffs.

Saturday, April 11th Schedule:

8:00 AM PST - Fnatic vs H2K
Regular Season: 2 - 0 Fnatic.
Prediction: 3 - 2 Fnatic.  There is a lot of H2K hype out there that they might be the best team in Europe, and there's a lot of statistics behind it to show that they've really been an exceptional team. However, H2K is far from flawless, and has never won a game against Fnatic previously.  It should be close--they are both good teams, and it would be a shame if it didn't go five games--but Fnatic should take the win at the end of the day.

12:00 PM PST - Cloud 9 vs Team Liquid
Regular Season: 2 - 0 Cloud 9.
Prediction: 3 - 2 Cloud 9.  After their matches against CLG last week, it's starting to look like Piglet is really coming into his element--however, is it really going to be enough to swamp Cloud 9?  The games last week looked a lot like CLG making consistent errors that Team Liquid could easily come back and punish.  Cloud 9, though, will come into this matchup with a better strategy for how to deal with Team Liquid's new play style.  It could be interesting to see if TL have completely prepared for the playoffs on the side with completely different team compositions, but they'll have to bring their A game to take down C9.

As it stands:

EU LCS:
Gambit Gaming and Copenhagen Wolves have been eliminated.

Saturday, April 11th:
Fnatic (2) vs H2K (3)

Sunday, April 12th:
SK Gaming (1) vs Unicorns of Love (5)

NA LCS:
Gravity and Counter Logic Gaming have been eliminated.

Saturday, April 11th:
Cloud 9 (2) vs Team Liquid (6)

Sunday, April 12th:
Team SoloMid (1) vs Team Impulse (3)