Super spicy Saturday: LCS Week 4, Day 3 recap

FlyQuest, Evil Geniuses, Cloud9, TSM and Golden Guardians won their matches on Feb. 17, the third day of Week 4 of the 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Split at the Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif., United States.

The third game of the day was a dramatic one, as C9 support Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen refused to shake hands with Team Liquid botlaner Sean "Yeon" Sung after some in-game trash talk. Zven apologized for the interaction and deemed it "a bit out of line," while Yeon didn't apologize and instead blamed C9 midlaner Dimitri "Diplex" Ponomarev for starting it.

Counter Logic Gaming vs. FlyQuest

FlyQuest took down Counter Logic Gaming 12-8 in 29:41. FLY midlaner Lee "VicLa" Dae-kwang went 5/2/5 on Yone, and botlaner Lee "Prince" Chae-hwan finished 4/0/3 on Aphelios, his eighth unique champion in nine games. CLG botlaner Fatih "Luger" Güven went 2/1/1 on Zeri in the loss, and his team only managed to take one Rift Herald and two towers. LCS Player of the Game: FLY VicLa, 3rd

Immortals vs. Evil Geniuses

Evil Geniuses won 17-2 against Immortals in 32:56. EG botlaner Ian Victor "FBI" Huang found a 7/0/7 performance on Zeri; toplaner Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho went 2/1/13 on Sion; midlaner Joseph Joon "Jojopyun" Pyun added a 6/0/6 Sylas score; and support Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme was 1/0/13 on Lulu. LCS Player of the Game: EG jojopyun, 2nd

Team Liquid vs. Cloud9

Cloud9 beat rival Team Liquid in 41:33 by a 13-9 killscore. While the game was notable for C9 Zven and TL Yeon's interactions, the gameplay was also noteworthy, with C9 clawing their way back from a 4.7k gold deficit after Yeon got caught out in a dragon fight. C9 toplaner Ibrahim "Fudge" Allami earned Player of the Game honors for his 1/1/8 K'Sante; Diplex went 2/0/6 on Viktor; Zven found key engages on his 1/2/10 Rakan; and botlaner Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol cleaned up fights with Xayah and finished 8/2/3. TL jungler Hong "Pyosik" Chang-hyeon was 4/3/1 on Elise in the loss. LCS Player of the Game: C9 Fudge, 4th

TSM vs. Dignitas

TSM beat Dignitas 9-0 in 31:56 to give the team their ninth loss in nine games. TSM botlaner Toàn "Neo" Trần went 5/0/2 on Lucian, midlaner Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang was 2/0/4 on Taliyah, and jungler Lee "Bugi" Seong-yeop supported the team on his 2/0/7 Sejuani. LCS Player of the Game: TSM Maple, 2nd

Golden Guardians vs. 100 Thieves

Golden Guardians handed 100 Thieves their third loss of Week 4 with a 12-7 victory in 34:28. GG botlaner Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes rounded out a Player of the Week performance with a 6/0/3 KDA on Caitlyn, toplaner Eric "Licorice" Ritchie found a 1/0/7 Renekton score, and midlaner Kim "Gori" Tae-woo notched a 4/1/3 score on Viktor. 100 midlaner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg went 2/3/0 in his first professional Tristana game. LCS Player of the Game: GG Stixxay, 2nd

Strafe Player of the Day: C9 Zven (1/2/10), 1st

Featured photos courtesy of Robert Paul/Riot Games.