The LCS match played on 2026-02-28 between Team Liquid and LYON (2024 American Team) ended with a win for LYON (2024 American Team). At 37:13, this game ran deep into the late game. It produced 18 combined kills, and in long games per-minute figures such as DPM and CSM get pulled toward the average, so read them next to the totals. The total gold gap grew to 11,302, with LYON (2024 American Team) ahead. At that size the item tiers differ, so the late-game combat figures should be read as numbers produced after the gap opened. On objectives, Towers split 8 to 3, and LYON (2024 American Team) took the larger share.

A KDA of 6/2/4 is what Dhokla recorded on Varus, the strongest line among the winners. Comparing end-of-game gold position by position, the widest gap sits at Mid: Saint ahead of Quid by 3,789. Jarvan IV was the first champion Team Liquid removed, while the opening ban from LYON (2024 American Team) was Pantheon. This is game 1 of a 4-game series, played on patch 16.4.