2022–23 PBA 3x3 season – First conference explained

The first conference of the 2022–23 PBA 3x3 season started on September 10 and ended on October 30, 2022.[1] It consisted of six two-day legs and a grand final. TNT Tropang Giga became the conference's Grand Champion after defeating Platinum Karaoke in the Grand Finals, 20–17.[2]

Teams

The players listed have played in at least one of the legs.

Team Players[3]
Ralph Salcedo
Maclean Sabellina
Joseph Manlangit
Patrick Jamison
Reeve Ugsang
Raphael Banal
Bryan Santos
Rey Mark Acuno

1st leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
Cavitex Braves

TNT Tropang Giga

Meralco Bolts 3x3
NorthPort Batang Pier

Platinum Karaoke
Terrafirma 3x3
J&T Express
Purefoods TJ Titans

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

TNT Tropang Giga defeated Meralco Bolts 3x3 in the finals, 21–19, to become the first leg winners.[4]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 5 5 0 19.6 98 100
2 5 4 1 18.8 94 80
3 5 4 1 17.6 88 70
4 5 3 2 17.2 86 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 align=left nowrap3 1 2 17.0 51 50
6 3 1 2 14.7 44 45
7 3 1 2 14.3 43 40
8 3 1 2 14.3 43 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 3 1 2 18.0 54 20
10 3 1 2 15.7 47 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 0 3 14.3 43 16
12 3 0 3 10.7 32 14

2nd leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
TNT Tropang Giga (1)

Cavitex Braves (9)
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (2)
NorthPort Batang Pier (7)
Platinum Karaoke (3)
Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays (6)
J&T Express (4)

Terrafirma 3x3 (12)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

Cavitex Braves defeated San Miguel Beermen in the finals, 21–19, to become the second leg winners.[5]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 5 4 1 16.8 84 100
2 5 3 2 18.4 92 80
3 5 4 1 17.4 87 70
4 5 3 2 17.8 89 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 17.0 51 50
6 3 2 1 16.0 48 45
7 align=left nowrap3 1 2 18.7 56 40
8 3 1 2 13.7 41 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 3 1 2 17.7 53 20
10 3 1 2 17.0 51 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 0 3 14.3 43 16
12 3 0 3 17.3 52 14

3rd leg

The games were initially scheduled to be held on September 26 and 27, 2022 at Robinsons Place Antipolo, but was postponed due to Super Typhoon Karding.[6] The leg was rescheduled to October 1 and 2, with the games being moved to Robinsons Las Piñas.[7]

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
Cavitex Braves (1)

Terrafirma 3x3 (9)
San Miguel Beermen (2)

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (10)
TNT Tropang Giga (3)
Platinum Karaoke (6)
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (4)
J&T Express (5)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

Meralco Bolts 3x3 defeated J&T Express in the finals, 21–19, to become the third leg winners.[8]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 5 5 0 16.5 66 100
2 5 3 2 17.6 88 80
3 5 3 2 18.8 94 70
4 5 2 3 17.0 85 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 19.3 58 50
6 3 2 1 19.3 58 45
7 3 2 1 17.3 52 40
8 3 1 2 15.0 45 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 3 1 2 20.0 60 20
10 align=left nowrap3 1 2 16.3 49 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 0 3 14.0 28 16
12 3 0 3 17.3 52 14

4th leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (1)

NorthPort Batang Pier (9)
J&T Express (2)
Pioneer Elastoseal Katibays (7)
Cavitex Braves (3)
Platinum Karaoke (6)
TNT Tropang Giga (4)

Terrafirma 3x3 (12)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

San Miguel Beermen defeated TNT Tropang Giga in the finals, 22–20, to become the fourth leg winners.[9]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 5 5 0 19.8 99 100
2 5 3 2 19.4 97 80
3 5 4 1 16.6 83 70
4 5 3 2 14.6 73 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 19.7 59 50
6 3 1 2 16.7 50 45
7 3 1 2 15.0 45 40
8 3 1 2 12.7 38 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 align=left nowrap3 1 2 18.0 54 20
10 3 1 2 16.0 48 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 0 3 16.0 48 16
12 3 0 3 14.0 42 14

5th leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
San Miguel Beermen (1)
Cavitex Braves (8)
TNT Tropang Giga (2)
NorthPort Batang Pier (7)
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (3)

Terrafirma 3x3 (11)
Platinum Karaoke (4)
J&T Express (5)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

TNT Tropang Giga defeated J&T Express in the finals, 21–13, to become the fifth leg winners.[10]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 5 5 0 20.6 103 100
2 5 4 1 18.2 91 80
3 5 3 2 17.6 88 70
4 5 2 3 17.0 85 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 16.3 49 50
6 align=left nowrap3 1 2 17.7 53 45
7 3 1 2 15.7 47 40
8 3 1 2 13.0 39 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 3 1 2 16.7 50 20
10 3 1 2 16.7 50 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 1 2 17.3 52 16
12 3 0 3 13.3 40 14

6th leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
TNT Tropang Giga (1)
Platinum Karaoke (8)
J&T Express (2)

Terrafirma 3x3 (10)
Cavitex Braves (3)

San Miguel Beermen (11)

Meralco Bolts 3x3 (5)
NorthPort Batang Pier (12)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

TNT Tropang Giga defeated J&T Express in the finals, 21–17, to become the sixth leg winners.[11]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 5 4 1 18.2 91 100
2 5 3 2 19.2 96 80
3 5 3 2 18.6 93 70
4 5 2 3 15.6 78 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 19.7 59 50
6 3 2 1 17.3 52 45
7 3 2 1 15.3 46 40
8 3 1 2 15.3 46 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 3 2 1 15.7 47 20
10 align=left nowrap3 1 2 19.0 57 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 0 3 15.3 46 16
12 3 0 3 12.3 37 14

Legs summary

Pos Team 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg 6th leg Qualification
1 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=gold1st 3rd 4th bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 510 bgcolor=#bbf3bb rowspan=4Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=silver2nd 4th bgcolor=gold1st 3rd 5th 4th 420
3 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left4th 5th bgcolor=silver2nd 5th bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd 400
4 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left9th bgcolor=gold1st 3rd 8th 3rd 3rd 365
5 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left10th bgcolor=silver2nd 5th bgcolor=gold1st 11th 5th 314 bgcolor=#bbf3ff rowspan=6Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left3rd 6th 6th 4th 8th 7th 295
7 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left6th 8th 7th 6th 4th 8th 260
8 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left5th 7th 10th 9th 6th 10th 191
9 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left11th 10th 8th 10th 7th 6th 172
10 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left7th 11th 9th 7th 12th 9th 150
11 8th 12th 11th 12th 9th 12th 113
12 12th 9th 12th 11th 10th 11th 98

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Seed refers to the position of the team after six legs. Letter and number inside parentheses denotes the pool letter and pool position of the team, respectively, after the preliminary round of the Grand Finals.

Finals

Notes and References

  1. News: Battle royale looms in PBA 3x3 second season . 3x3.PBA.ph . September 6, 2022 . September 7, 2022.
  2. News: TNT survives Platinum Karaoke in thrilling finale . 3x3.PBA.ph . October 30, 2022 . October 31, 2022.
  3. Web site: PBA 3x3 – Players . 3x3.pba.ph . September 10, 2022. en.
  4. News: Tropang Giga outlast Bolts in OT, claim first leg title via sweep . 3x3.PBA.ph . September 11, 2022 . September 11, 2022.
  5. News: Napoles nails winner as Cavitex survives SMB fightback, claims first leg title . 3x3.PBA.ph . September 18, 2022 . September 18, 2022.
  6. News: PBA 3x3 Leg 3 postponed due to Super Typhoon Karding . 3x3.PBA.ph . September 25, 2022 . September 25, 2022.
  7. News: PBA 3x3 Leg 3 moved to Oct. 1 and 2 . 3x3.PBA.ph . September 26, 2022 . September 26, 2022.
  8. News: Batino, De Vera deliver finishing touches as Meralco beats J&T Express to take Leg 3 . 3x3.PBA.ph . October 2, 2022 . October 3, 2022.
  9. News: Bono, SMB frustrate TNT, win Leg 4 in overtime . 3x3.PBA.ph . October 9, 2022 . October 16, 2022.
  10. News: Vengeful 'Tropa' scuttle Couriers to become season's first two-leg winner . 3x3.PBA.ph . October 16, 2022 . October 16, 2022.
  11. News: TNT outduels J&T Express to win final leg, dominates First Conference with 3 titles . 3x3.PBA.ph . October 23, 2022 . October 23, 2022.