2022–23 PBA 3x3 season – Second conference explained

The second conference of the 2022–23 PBA 3x3 season started on November 5 and ended on December 17, 2022.[1] It consisted of six two-day legs and a grand final. TNT Tropang Giga became the conference's Grand Champion after defeating Cavitex Braves in the Grand Finals, 19–17.[2]

Teams

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

Team Players[3]
Maclean Sabellina
Chester Saldua
Tonino Gonzaga
Jan Sobrevega
Reggie Morido
Raphael Banal
Mikey Cabahug
Jammer Jamito
Enrique Caunan
Samboy de Leon

1st leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
J&T Express
Terrafirma 3x3
Purefoods TJ Titans
Meralco Bolts 3x3
Cavitex Braves

Platinum Karaoke
San Miguel Beermen
TNT Tropang Giga

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

TNT Tropang Giga defeated Platinum Karaoke in the finals, 17–15, 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 19.8 99 100
2 5 3 2 17.2 86 80
3 5 4 1 19.2 96 70
4 5 2 3 17.0 85 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 20.3 61 50
6 3 1 2 18.7 56 45
7 3 1 2 16.0 48 40
8 3 1 2 13.3 40 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 align=left nowrap3 2 1 16.7 50 20
10 3 1 2 13.0 39 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 0 3 16.7 50 16
12 3 0 3 8.3 25 14

2nd leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
TNT Tropang Giga (1)
Terrafirma 3x3 (8)
Platinum Karaoke (2)

Meralco Bolts 3x3 (10)

San Miguel Beermen (6)
Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays (11)
Cavitex Braves (4)
J&T Express (5)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

J&T Express defeated TNT Tropang Giga 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 5 0 21.0 105 100
2 5 3 2 19.4 97 80
3 5 3 2 18.2 91 70
4 5 2 3 17.8 89 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 19.0 57 50
6 3 2 1 16.3 49 45
7 3 2 1 16.0 48 40
8 3 1 2 16.7 50 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 3 1 2 17.7 53 20
10 align=left nowrap3 1 2 17.3 52 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 0 3 16.7 50 16
12 3 0 3 16.7 50 14

3rd leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
J&T Express (1)

Meralco Bolts 3x3 (9)
TNT Tropang Giga (2)
Terrafirma 3x3 (7)
Cavitex Braves (3)
Platinum Karaoke (6)

Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays (5)
NorthPort Batang Pier (12)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

TNT Tropang Giga defeated Cavitex Braves in the finals, 21–17, to become the third leg winners.[6]

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 20.8 104 100
2 5 3 2 18.6 93 80
3 5 3 2 16.2 81 70
4 5 3 2 17.0 85 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 20.0 60 50
6 3 2 1 17.3 52 45
7 3 1 2 17.0 51 40
8 3 1 2 12.3 37 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 align=left nowrap3 1 2 17.0 51 20
10 3 1 2 18.3 55 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 0 3 16.0 48 16
12 3 0 3 14.0 42 14

4th leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
TNT Tropang Giga (1)
Terrafirma 3x3 (8)
Cavitex Braves (2)
NorthPort Batang Pier (7)
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (3)
Platinum Karaoke (6)

J&T Express (5)
Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays (12)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

Platinum Karaoke defeated Cavitex Braves in the finals, 13–12, to become the fourth leg winners.[7]

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 15.8 79 100
2 5 4 1 18.0 90 80
3 5 4 1 17.8 89 70
4 align=left nowrap5 2 3 19.4 97 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 18.0 54 50
6 3 2 1 16.3 49 45
7 3 1 2 16.3 49 40
8 3 1 2 14.0 42 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 3 1 2 15.0 45 20
10 3 1 2 15.3 46 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 0 3 16.7 50 16
12 3 0 3 16.7 50 14

5th leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
Platinum Karaoke (1)
NorthPort Batang Pier (8)
Cavitex Braves (2)

Purefoods TJ Titans (10)
J&T Express (3)

Terrafirma 3x3 (11)

TNT Tropang Giga (5)
San Miguel Beermen (12)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

Cavitex Braves defeated Platinum Karaoke in the finals, 21–13, to become the fifth 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 18.8 94 100
2 5 4 1 18.2 91 80
3 5 3 2 17.2 86 70
4 5 2 3 14.6 73 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 18.3 55 50
6 3 2 1 18.3 55 45
7 align=left nowrap3 1 2 16.0 48 40
8 3 1 2 15.3 46 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 3 1 2 19.7 59 20
10 3 1 2 15.0 45 18
Losers of 9th–12th classification games
11 3 0 3 16.0 48 16
12 3 0 3 14.3 43 14

6th leg

Groupings

width=25% Pool Awidth=25% Pool Bwidth=25% Pool Cwidth=25% Pool D
Cavitex Braves (1)
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (8)
Platinum Karaoke (2)

Terrafirma 3x3 (10)

San Miguel Beermen (6)
NorthPort Batang Pier (11)

J&T Express (5)
Purefoods TJ Titans (12)

Preliminary round

Pool D

Knockout stage

Cavitex Braves defeated TNT Tropang Giga in the finals, 21–20, to become the sixth 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 4 1 19.6 98 100
2 5 4 1 19.0 95 80
3 5 3 2 15.4 77 70
4 5 2 3 16.2 82 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 19.0 57 50
6 align=left nowrap3 2 1 18.3 55 45
7 3 2 1 16.0 48 40
8 3 1 2 16.0 48 35
Winners of 9th–12th classification games
9 3 1 2 12.7 38 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 15.3 46 14

Legs summary

Pos Team 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg 6th leg Qualification
1 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left4th 3rd bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 490 bgcolor=#bbf3bb rowspan=4Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st 5th 9th bgcolor=silver2nd 430
3 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=silver2nd 6th 6th bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd 3rd 420
4 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left5th bgcolor=gold1st 5th 3rd 5th 4th 380
5 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left3rd 4th 4th 7th 4th 7th 330 bgcolor=#bbf3ff rowspan=6Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left10th 9th 3rd 6th 8th 10th 206
7 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left11th 5th 12th 9th 3rd 8th 205
8 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left9th 10th 9th 4th 7th 6th 203
9 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left6th 11th 10th 12th 6th 5th 188
10 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left8th 7th 8th 11th 10th 9th 164
11 7th 8th 11th 10th 12th 11th 139
12 12th 12th 7th 8th 11th 12th 133

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: Vosotros and Co. look forward to another successful campaign . 3x3.PBA.ph . November 4, 2022 . November 5, 2022.
  2. News: Big shot Almond . 3x3.PBA.ph . December 17, 2022 . December 17, 2022.
  3. Web site: PBA 3x3 – Players . 3x3.pba.ph . November 21, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211121060013/https://3x3.pba.ph/players . November 21, 2021 . en.
  4. News: Tropang Giga win again! Mendoza's 2-ball lifts TNT past Platinum in OT . 3x3.PBA.ph . November 6, 2022 . November 13, 2022.
  5. News: Sedurifa hits winner as J&T Express spoils TNT bid for another title . 3x3.PBA.ph . November 13, 2022 . November 13, 2022.
  6. News: Vosotros puts on a show as TNT regains familiar spot . 3x3.PBA.ph . November 20, 2022 . November 20, 2022.
  7. News: Platinum Karaoke plays sweet music, hits winning note in Leg 4 . 3x3.PBA.ph . November 27, 2022 . November 27, 2022.
  8. News: Cavitex Strikes Gold . 3x3.PBA.ph . December 4, 2022 . December 4, 2022.
  9. News: Napoles frustrates TNT, powers Cavitex to second straight leg crown . 3x3.PBA.ph . December 11, 2022 . December 11, 2022.