the fact is that NRG played perhaps the best series in their entire lives in those 2 games. the preparation was immense and Contractz entirely gapped the rookie jungler Yike. sure, G2 played worse on the day, but if NRG played to their usual standards, the games would have been a lot more closer. even in NA NRG threw insane gold leads (the infamous Immortals game comes to mind).

of course scrims matter. but stage games are a different beast and with how low the competition was in EU this year, G2 likely faced little to no pressure on stage, compared to a NRG which had to run the lower bracket going to 5 games with TL just to make the finals. G2 looked visibly stressed on the cams after losing game 1, compared to their often, laughing faces while in the LEC.