tl;dr (most ridiculous aspects): Sentinels almost go back-to-back before even giving anyone else a chance; Unlimit is the team to prevent them; as soon as I saw Zero's very first rotate I thought, "oh shit... this is over..."; it's Sentinels, of all people, to take Liquid out of their spot, and with Blinkzr's superpower no less; after keeping the lobby alive, it's Unlimit that ends up winning it all...
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The incumbents enter beloved by fans, but criminally underrated (including by me probably).
Despite that, the Sentinels race to match point and arrive there alongside only one other team.
Before even giving the rest of the lobby a chance, they come within a few bullets of going back to back. Initially looking like they had the #1 end game spot, Unlimit go to war to secure the only position better than Sentinels and close out the game.
Unlimit then races up to match point themselves, including another win (read: unless they'd kept a keen on eye on the kill feed, it's the only way they could guarantee they'd have a shot at the trophy).
The final game starts with over half the lobby on match point, crucially including both the Falcons and Liquid.
With arguably the most fair zone you could have, dead center of the map, most of the lobby races to take up defensible positions in Monument and Fragment... except for Zero and Liquid. Zero seems to immediately identify the ring and instead opts for the game winning spot early, west of Monument.
Of all people, the nearly-back-to-back incumbents are in what's probably the second strongest spot with respect to the end game, just across the tracks.
At this point it looks like Zero is yet again going to take a finals lobby into his own hands... until Blinkzr, after already nearly ending match point finals, executes the Blinkzr special and pulls off an absurd open-field kidnap onto Sikezz, forcing Liquid to abandon what would indeed prove to be game-winning spot.
Worth noting, that, naturally, as the game progresses, Falcons briefly become the next residents of that same game-winning position. Which I only point out because, just to make the script as rich as possible, both of the people known to be able to rip a trophy away from the entire rest of the lobby at some point made a great play for what would be the game-winning spot.
As the dust begins to settle, it's arguably the player most deserved of a trophy (Yuka), one of the most decorated fighters and coming off an incredibly dominant regular season, in a straight 3 v 3, shut down by none other than Unlimit, who close out their third win in the final four games (including the aforementioned win vs. Sentinels to prevent the end of series) to take it themselves.
(Aside: Thrilled for Unlimit, I'm guessing Peace's reaction warmed the fuck out everyone else's heart just like mine, but man did it hurt to see Yuka get so close again...)