2023–24 PBA 3x3 season – Second conference explained

The second conference of the 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season started on October 16 and ended on November 27, 2023.[1] It consisted of six two-day legs and a grand final. TNT Triple Giga became the Grand Champion for the sixth straight conference after defeating Meralco Bolts 3x3 in the Grand Finals, 21–20, in overtime.[2]

Teams

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

Team Players[3]
Nichole Ubalde
Rey Publico
Louie Vigil
Joseph Sedurifa
Dexter Zamora
Dennice Villamor
Richard Velchez
Marvin Lee
Almond Vosotros

1st leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

TNT Triple Giga defeated Cavitex Braves in the finals, 18–16, 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 6 6 0 20.3 122 100
2 5 4 1 19.6 98 80
3 6 4 2 18.8 113 70
4 6 2 4 17.0 102 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 align=left nowrap4 2 2 17.5 70 50
6 4 2 2 15.8 63 45
7 3 1 2 16.3 49 40
8 4 1 3 16.3 65 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 3 1 2 15.7 47 20
10 3 0 3 13.3 40 18
11 2 0 2 11.0 22 16

2nd leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

TNT Triple Giga defeated Terrafirma Dyip in the finals, 21–11, 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 20.8 104 100
2 6 3 3 14.8 89 80
3 6 4 2 17.7 106 70
4 5 2 3 17.6 88 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 3 1 18.5 74 50
6 4 2 2 17.8 71 45
7 4 2 2 17.5 70 40
8 4 1 3 17.3 69 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 align=left nowrap3 1 2 15.7 47 20
10 2 0 2 15.0 30 18
11 3 0 3 14.7 44 16

3rd leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

TNT Triple Giga defeated Cavitex Braves in the finals, 21–12, 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 20.2 101 100
2 5 3 2 18.2 91 80
3 6 5 1 20.0 120 70
4 6 3 3 18.2 109 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 3 1 19.0 76 50
6 4 2 2 17.3 69 45
7 4 1 3 17.5 70 40
8 4 1 3 17.3 69 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 2 0 2 18.5 37 20
10 align=left nowrap3 0 3 16.7 50 18
11 3 0 3 12.3 37 16

4th leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

MCFASolver Tech Centrale defeated TNT Triple Giga in the finals, 21–20, 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 6 5 1 17.5 105 100
2 6 3 3 17.2 103 80
3 6 5 1 17.7 106 70
4 5 3 2 18.6 93 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 3 1 20.3 81 50
6 4 2 2 17.3 69 45
7 3 1 2 17.7 53 40
8 4 1 3 19.5 78 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 align=left nowrap3 0 3 15.0 45 20
10 3 0 3 14.7 44 18
11 2 0 2 14.0 28 16

5th leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

TNT Triple Giga defeated Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays 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 6 5 1 19.2 115 100
2 6 3 3 17.2 103 80
3 5 4 1 19.2 96 70
4 6 3 3 17.5 105 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 3 1 20.5 82 50
6 4 2 2 16.8 67 45
7 3 1 2 16.3 49 40
8 4 1 3 18.5 74 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 align=left nowrap3 1 2 16.3 49 20
10 3 0 3 16.7 50 18
11 2 0 2 14.5 29 16

6th leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

TNT Triple Giga defeated Cavitex Braves in the finals, 21–14, 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 5 0 20.0 100 100
2 5 3 2 18.0 90 80
3 6 4 2 19.8 119 70
4 6 3 3 16.5 99 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 3 1 19.5 78 50
6 align=left nowrap4 2 2 18.5 74 45
7 4 1 3 19.5 78 40
8 4 1 3 17.0 68 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 3 1 2 14.0 42 20
10 3 0 3 17.0 51 18
11 2 0 2 17.0 34 16

Legs summary

Pos Team 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg 6th leg Qualification
1 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 4th bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 560 bgcolor=#bbf3bb rowspan=4Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left3rd 5th 3rd bgcolor=silver2nd 5th 3rd 390
3 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=silver2nd 7th bgcolor=silver2nd 6th 7th bgcolor=silver2nd 365
4 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left11th 3rd 4th 3rd bgcolor=silver2nd 4th 356
5 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left4th 6th 9th bgcolor=gold1st 3rd 5th 345 bgcolor=#bbf3ff rowspan=6Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left7th 4th 7th 7th 11th 8th 231
7 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left10th bgcolor=silver2nd 6th 11th 6th 11th 220
8 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left6th 10th 5th 8th 8th 9th 203
9 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left8th 8th 11th 5th 10th 7th 194
10 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left5th 9th 10th 9th 9th 6th 173
11 9th 11th 8th 10th 4th 10th 167

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: PBA 3X3: New-look teams try to steal show from favorites . October 15, 2023 . PBA.ph . October 15, 2023.
  2. News: PBA 3X3: Vosotros strikes when it mattered most as TNT frustrates Meralco. PBA.ph . November 27, 2023 . November 27, 2023.
  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: PBA 3X3: 'Giga' clinch Leg 1 honors sans Vosotros . PBA.ph . October 17, 2023 . October 17, 2023.
  5. News: PBA 3X3: Triple Giga make it two in a row . PBA.ph . October 24, 2023 . October 24, 2023.
  6. News: PBA 3X3: TNT first team to win 3 consecutive leg titles in a conference . PBA.ph . October 31, 2023 . October 31, 2023.
  7. News: PBA 3X3: MCFASolver rules Leg 4 at the expense of TNT, 2 other heavyweights . PBA.ph . November 7, 2023 . November 7, 2023.
  8. News: PBA 3X3: Triple Giga regain killer form, rule Leg 5 . PBA.ph . November 14, 2023 . November 14, 2023.
  9. News: PBA 3X3: What else is new, Triple Giga rule Leg 6 . PBA.ph . November 21, 2023 . November 21, 2023.